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HISTORICAL  READER; 


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'■^?  BETWESN    THE      v'^  "        '  ^^^^^ 

UNITED  STATES  AND  GREAT  BRITAIN^ 

From  JunCi  1812,  to  February ^  1815. 

Written  in  the  Ancient  Historical  Style.  "^ 

'  ALTERED  AND  ADAPTED 

FOR  THE  USE  OF  SCHOOLS 

THROUGHOUT  THE  UUITRD  STATER,  j 


BY  G.  J.  HUNT.       ■^}^:::C:  i* 


"  Delightful  task  !  to  rear  the  tender  thought,  ♦^^i*>. 
**  And  teach  the  young  idea  how  to  shoot. 


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J\rEJV'YORK: 


Published  by  Samuel  A.   Burtus,  Vo.  19,  Peck- 
Slip,  corner  of  Waier-Street.  % 

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southern  DiaMct  of  Ale^o-York,  ss. 

Be  it  remembered,  that  on  the  thirty  first  day  of 
October,  in  the  forty  second  vear  of  tho  InrlepiMi- 
dcnce  of  the  United  States  of  Americi,  O  J  Hunt, 
of  the  said  Disirict,  hath  deposited  in  this  ofTice  thtj 
title  of  a  book,  the  right  whereof  he  claims  as  j)ro- 
prietor  in  the  words  and  fi;!:ures  foUowin:^.  to  w'v. : 
"  The  Historical  Header;"  containing- the  Lite  war 
between  the  United  Siates  and  f treat  Hrituin,  froni 
June  1812,  to  February  1815,  written  in  the  Ancient 
Historioal  style,"  altero'4  and  acfapicd  ft)r  the  use  of 
achools  throughout  the  United  States,  by  G   J   Hunt. 

**  DL'lightful  task,  to  rear  the  tender  ihoui^ht, 
■■-^^  And  teach  the  ycuijg  idea  how  to  shuut." 

In  conformity  to  the  act  of  the  congress  of  the 
Unite<f  States,  entitled    •*  an  act  for  the  encourage- 
ment of  learning,  by  securing   the   copi  s  of  maps, 
charts,  and  books,  to  the  authors  and  pioprietors  of 
of  such  copies,  during  ihe  time  therein  meniionod." 
And  also  to  an  act,  eiwitled  *■*  an  act  supj)!'  mcnt;:kry  to 
an  act,  entitled  an  act  for  the  encouragement  of  learn- 
ing, by  securing   the  copies    of  maps,   churts,    and 
books  to  ihe  authors  and  proprietors  of  such  copies, 
during  the  times  therein  mentioned,    and  extending 
the  benefits  thereof  to  the  arts  ot  designing,  engra- 
ving) and  etching  hist<»rical  ai  d  other  prints  ' 

JJMKH  DILL.  Clerk  ofthr 
Southern  District  of  JV.    York. 


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PREFACE 


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r'  i/     .,  -;  .  ,  .  ■  •   n        :  ' 

-V.  .  :■     ■  '    "-     ■    .  " 

THE  advantages  which  the  ihtfodiiction  of  this 
"VToik  ihlo  our  aciiiinarit^a  of  educuiioii  would  be 
liktly  to  produce  are  many  and  obvious  : 

I.  Tie  iiuihor  iiavmjif  adapted  for  the  model  •f 
his  htyJe  tlic  phraseoloii^y  ol  ihe  be&t  of  booiis,  re- 
iniirkuble  loi  iis  simpluity  and  strength,  the  young 
pupil  will  acquire,  wiih  the  knowledge  of  reading,  a 
lovo  tor  the  mann*  r  in  whicli  thi^  great  truihs  of  Di- 
vine lievi  lutioij  arc  conveyed  lo  his  ur»derstanding, 
and  this  will  be  an  iiiduccment  to  him  to  siudy  the 
Y\.i\y  Scriptures. 

"-l.  All  the  circumstances  related  in  this  work  are 
true  ;  they  are  recent,  being  within  the  recoilecuon 
of  the  present  generation  ;  they  form  a  very  impor- 
tant part  in  the  bihtory  of  oui  country,  and  wil«  be 
read  with  piidc  and  pleasure  by  evr  ry  one  of  our 
young-  men  in  wlu).-»e  bustMu  may  glow  the  senti- 
ments of  patriotism  and  piety. 

3  fiie  most  piomimni  virtues  of  the  heroes  who 
produceil  the  events  here  treated  of,  are  held  up  in 
such  w  manner  as  lo  inspire  iii  the  youthful  nvind  a 
love  for  the  couniry  tn  y  defended,  and  a  spirit  of 
honor ibJe  emuLnion,  which  niiay  be  hig'  ly  adv>tnta- 
geoui  to  that  coui  try  whenever  it  shall  be  necessary 
lo  call  it  into  cx^'cise.  ^,   :.i^t :_  V:    '='7 

4  Although  a  vein  of  morality  runs ffirongh  the 
i^ork.  the  stuiinuiUa  hiive  not  he  snialTtst  bejiing 
on  the  partienlar  tenets  of  any  religious  s(  ct,  but  are 
culculuteii  lo  be  reud  by  -^ll  persons,  of  whatt-ver  dc- 
noniiuation,  who  love  virtue,  valor,  and  freedom.  ,.j 


^^. 


IV 


PREFACE. 


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_  # 

5  The  facts  described  are  related  in  so  clear  and 
concise  a  way  as  without  njuch  eflbri  on  the  part 
of  the  pupil,  will  easily  fasten  themselves  on  his 
memory. 

These  arc  some  amongstother  reasons  wLich  have 
induced  the  author  to  recommend  his  liule  work  to 
Teachers  of  youth  throughout  the  United  Stales,  as 
veil  as  to  fathers  of  families,  and  he  does  it  the  con- 
fident hope  that  it  will  prove  useful  in  accelerating 
the  progress  of  knowledge,  and  in  awakening  and 
cherishing  in  the  minds  of  his  young  rounirymen 
those  principles  of  virtue  with  which  he  has  been 
.7^  Careful  that  it  should  be  interwoven. 

Having  received  the  universal  approbation  of  men 
of  judgment,  he  only  thinks  it  necessary  to  give  the 
following  letters  from  Dr.  S.  L.  Miichel,  and  Mr. 
Picket.    \ 

O.  J.  HUNT. 


J^cW'York^  June  \%y  ISIT, 
Sir, 

I  had  noticed  your  work  on  the  late  war  long 
before  I  had  the  pleasure  of  your  acquaintance.  It 
seems  to  be  a  plain  and  popular  mode  of  exhibiting 
the  transactions  of  which  it  treats. 

One  of  the  defects  in  the  literature  of  oiir  country 
is  that  of  good  historians.  3  hat  class  of  our  citi- 
zens which  is  called  to  act,  shows  unparalleled  at- 
chievcmeni  and  enterprize  The  other  sections,  to 
whom  is  allotted  the  business  of  narrating  and  re- 
cording events,  are  not  so  far  advanced,  the  reason 
is  evident ;  there  must  be  deeds  to  describe  and  per- 
petuate, before  there  can  be  historians.  In  process 
of  lime,  writers  duly  qualified,  will  make  their  ap- 
pearance 

Your  Chronicle  of  events  deserves  to  be  men- 
tioned in  the  livt  of  useful  publications.  It  will  an-* 
Bwer  as  a  book  to  begin  with  ;  or  it  m;iy  serve  as  a 
document  of  constant  and  ready  reference.    The  re* 


""*■-- 


CONTENTS. 


clear  and 
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ceplion  of  it  into  schools,  will  render  familiar  to  chil- 
dren the  chief  actions  in  the  contest,  and  teach  them, 
at  the  same  time,  to  respect  their  country  and  its  ia- 
stitntiotts. 

It  seems  to  me  one  of  the  best  attempts  to  imitate 
the  biblical  style  ;  and  if  the  perwsal  of  it  can  in- 
duce young  persons  to  relish  and  love  the  sacred 
books,  whose  language  you  have  imitated,  it  will  be 
the  strongest  of  all  recommendations. 

Your's  respectfully, 

SAMUEL  L.  MITCHELL. 
Mr.  G.  J.  Hunt.  /^ 

Academxjy  AcTO-Torki  July  8,    1817. 

I  have  examined  the  copy,  and  concur  m  the 
recommendation  of  the  publication  of  your  "  His- 
torical Reader,"  with  the  alterations  and  improve- 
ments, for  the  Use  of  Schools.  I  sincerely  hope 
that  your  exertions  may  be  crowned  with  success. 
Your*s  respectfully, 
Mr.  J    G.  Hunt.  J.  W.  PICKET.     , 


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rABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


PAGE. 

CHAP    I — President's  Message — Causes  of  the    ^^ 
IVar^  iS'c.  9 

CHAP.  II — Refiort  of  the  Committee — Decla- 
ration of  War* 

CHAP.  Hi — Recefition  •f  the  Declaration  of 
War  in  Great  Britain'— her  friends  in 
Jim  erica,  isfc. 

CHAP.   W—John  l/enry-^ Elijah  Parish. 

CHAP.  V — .American  Army — Miliiia — A''avy~-^  ,,^^^ 
Bridfih  A'avy—Hogcrfi*  frsi.  cruise— ~cufi»  ^;^ 
ture  of  the   U.    S.    brig  Auutilus'^^remo*     * 
val  of  aliens  beyond  itde-ivaiir,        -h   * 


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CHAP.   W^Hvirn  exfiedifion.  '"-    ^ 

CHAP.  Vll— /7t///*«  vxfifdition  conftnued^hit 

trie i  and  fiardnii  bu  ihf  Predtttnt'^^cafi- 

tn^e  <jf  Mirhiltmaikinack. 
CHAP    YXW-^Cufituer.f  <ne  Gurr  iert.  by  the 

Umtfd  ^Stutffi* fyit^atp  Couttitutiort. 
CHAP.    IX — jlitack   on   ^Sackfif.*8   Harbor-^af' 
fivr  of  O^dtnisburgh-'^Britiiih  drove  fr^m 

fit    Kegitt 
CH  W.  X — '  atdr  of  Queenfftown. 
CHAP.  XI  — CiVn.    Snnjihe   succeeds  Gen.    Van 

Pcnfifif/a'  r — /ih  attemfita  to  croaa  the  Ai'- 

ngara.  and  failure — causes. 
CH  \P    XW-^CafUure    of  the    British  sloofi  of 

wur,  Froi'c. 
CHAP    XIII — Cafi'ure  of  the   Afocfdnnian,  by 

Com    ncca'ur   in  ihe  ftiga'e   U.   Siatca. 
CHAP.  WW—^JJfujrfitn  the  north-^skirmiNhea 

-—hatili'  of  hr<nc'  town,  on  ihv  river  Hai' 

niU'-^ciifi  ure  of  *'en.    li'inchi'ater's  army 

•~^rtuisif(irrf  of  jl7nt'ricuti  /irisoncra. 
CHAP.  XV — Cci/iiurr    0/    rhf    liritinh  frigate 

fat'u    by  the  U.  S  frigate  Con.sfirution. 
CHAP.   XV'I — Co7n     h'ogera   reiurnfrom  aae- 

cond  cruizt—^the  Gt  tierai  jirmstrong  and 

a    ' ' ri ' inh  frigate — // riva 1 1 ering 
Cn  AP.  XVII — C>:fiiurr  of  ^jt^dcnaburgh  by  the 

Pr  'i.sh 
CHAP    WWl— Capture  of  the  Peacock  by  the 

U  S   »l(jofi  of  \oar  Hornet. 
CHAP.  X\X-^Cu/iture  of  Little  York  in  u/i/ier 

('(171(1  da 
C\\  A  p.  W^Sk'-tchea  of  the  History  of  America, 
CHAI*.  XXI — Dc/iridadons  in  the  Chtfta/wakr- 

Havre-de-Grare  burnt  by  the  Briiitih  un- 
1^"  d' r    "fdnnral  Cockbum — atiark  on  Crany 

I-~land — Hamfiion  lakrn  by  the  liritiah — 

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St.  Pe  cTHburi^h^-the  Driti.sh  coni/iclUd 
to  abundjH  ihr  si< ge  uf  fjft  Mdi^u. 
CMAP  XXIII — Surrindtrof fo'-tH  dcorife  wtd 
KriftoiUe  yJiiwncuns—^ircutrul  uton'U 
drives  tlw  BritinU  fr'Jtn  ^Sack<  tt't  Huibjr 
Gtntf.  a  tnder  and  C'/i.indicr  m-idc  /irihOum 
ern  'it  Forty  Mile  Crtik. 
CHAP    WW^rutifure    (f  he   C/icH.i/iea^e-^ 

Cj?u     L)(  Ciitur  blockiidcd  in  j\\   Lomlun. 
CM  VP.    XXy  — Cu/J'Wf    of   Col     BuirH.br  and 

Mdj'ir    Cliu/iiTiy    wii/i    thiir   (Ouiiyiaitd 
CHAP    XXVI — (  u/ifurc  jf  Fort  Hc/ii  jsucr  and 
E  iivk  i\*rj(k-^^/ie  six  nutiorm  dc'cla>  e  ^vur 
ULffrj'it   Cuncidu 
CTT  VP.  XXVU — yJ^drfi  on  Lake  Ontario. 
i.  H  V  P.  X  X  V 1 1 1—  vy/u/rv  on  Luke    C/ium/duin. 
ClIAP.   XX iX — M'Jjr     Crog'\un    drftufa    the 

Jjr"nt/i  at  Forr   Stc/thcnxon. 
CIIAP.    XXX — Uriish  uch'j'mer  Doinniica  cufi' 
tii>(d  bii  t!ie   /irixratrer    Di  cmu-'-^U.   ^. 
briif    Irgua  ca/i/'d — Btxer   'S    Hnterfi. 
CHAP.   yt.XXl—Cafi  lire  of  ihc  B'-iti^h feet  071 

iMke    Erie 
CHAP    XXX 11— Ca///«rf  of  Maiden  and  De- 

tro'i.  () ,  Cien.   Harrinon. 
CH  \P    XXXIII— /Ja^//r  of  the   Thames, 
(HAP.  XXXIV— Hrtr7y;^//i(?  Creeks. 
CHAP.    y^^y^Y —Continuatim    of    the     Creek 

lia>' — (ren.  Juikxon'a  vict jvif  over  th<7n.    124 
CHAP     XXXVI— /•/aw  of  attuck'on  Montreal 

dif tilled 
CHAP.  yiy^XWW-Mwark  burnr^Fort   George 
evacuated — ATiugara  frontier  laid    waate 
—  Buffalo  bunt. 
CHAP.  XXXVI  H—CVMJ*e  of  the  Essex,  Ca/it, 

D     J'jr'er. 
CHAP.   XXWX—Ca/iture  0/ (hs  FroHcbylhe 
British  frigate   Qrpheua — capture  of  the 
L*  i- fiervier^  by  tht    Peacock—capture  of 
the  Reindeen  by  the  kVaapy  cajit^  Biaktlif 


83 
85 
90 


9 

9r 
100 


104 

108 

112 
!  1  5 
121 


129 

133 

136 


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/ 


TADLE  OF  CONTENTS. ' 


1 1 


li 


1  *■,. 


*  » 


\ 


-"the    jivon  ca/iturecl  and  sunk—-U.    S. 
vrvaeU   Syren  and   Kattlcanake  cafiturcd,   141 
CHAP.  XL — Breaking  ufi  of  the  cantonments  at 

French  Mills — battle  of  Chipfiaiva*  144 

CHAP.  \Ll— Battle  of  Bridgcwatcr,  148 

CHAP.  XLH — Jsgault    on    Fort  £rif%  by  the 

Britifh,  under  Gen-  Drummond,  i!fc  151 

CHAP.   XLIII— ..//rifltX-  on   Stonint^ton^  by  the 

I'ritish  shifia  of  ivar.  155 

CHAP.   XLlV-^Jfairs   in    the    Chesa/ieake-^ 
British  army  move  ufi  the  Fatuxcnt,  to- 
nvarda  the  city   •/*  Washington— ~Jire/iarc 
for  battle  at  Bladensbiirgh.  158 

CHAP  XLV— Ca/if«?r  of  IVashington—sack- 
ing  of  ytlexandria — death  of  &ir  Peter 
Farkrr  161 

CHAP.   XLVI — British,  under  Gen.  Prevost, 
go   against    Plattsburgh — Com,  JW Don" 
ough  cafitnres  the   British    squadron  on     "* 
Lake  Cham tilain —  .         ICO 

CHAP.  XLVU-^Batrlt  of  Plattsburgh,  174 

CHAP.  XI  VHI — Jtiark  on   Baltimurey  by  the 
British  army  under    Gen    l^osSf  and  the 
fleet  under  Jd?nirals  Cochrane  and  Ctck- 
burn.  \77 

CHAP.   XLIX — Destruction  of  the  firivateer 
Gen,  Armstrong— .Gen.  Jackson  cafiiures 
Pensacola.,  and  returns  to  -Y.   Orleans.        184 
CHAP,    i  — Steamboats — Fulton — torfied^ea— 

kidnapping  Joshua  Penny.  I9O 

CHAP.  L\— .Affairs  in  and  about  JST.   York,         197 
(  HAP.    LII — 'ij^airs  on  th"  ocean.  204 

CHAP.  I. HI — British  flrci  arrives  near  M'evj- 
Orleans-—  the  jimeriran  flotilla  captured 
■,    ''*'^.^m^af tacks  by  the  B^iiisA  upon  the  army 

of  Gen   Jackson.  *  209 

CHAP    L\V-^0rand  Baltic  of  JV,  Orleans.      214 
CHAP    LV— Peace,  ^19 

jilgerine    War,  223 

Conclunout  229 


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^«U'... 


iv/ 


,1 .  •',,»,>•,'>    ^    • 


HISTORICAL  READER. 


iSSS 


THE  WAR  nETVVEKN 
THE  U.  STATES  AND  G.  BRITAIN, 


'...;'^    ^''  t'  [-     1812  TO  iBliTi*"'-''*^^'^' ^'^^ ''*-,' ^^•■-►"■': 

t»        ■  •   I .   .  . 


^■^•J:;A-.'.'f 


,'  .■,.:';: 


M- ,T,  .'ifisfv  !-■'•' 


CHAP.  I. 


President's  Message — Causes  of  the  War-^Bnergetk 
Measures  flrofiosed, 

N'        '    '  ,  i  -  *.;    \  .  _'*/  ■ 

OW  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  one  ttiousand  eight 

hiitulred  and  twelfth  year  of  the  christian  era,  and  in 
the  thirty  and  sixth  year  after  the  people  of  the  pro- 
vinces of  Columbia  had  decUred  themselves  a  free 
and  independent  nation  ; 

2  That  in  the  sixth  month  of  the  san  e  year,  on  the 
first  day  of  the  month,  the  chief  Governor,  whom  the 
people  had  chosen  to  rule  over  the  land  of  Columbia; 

3  Even  Jambs,  whose  sir-name  was  Madisov, 
delivered  a  written  paper*  to  the  Great  SANHKDHiut 
of  the  people,  who  \^ere  assembled  together^ 

4  And  the  name  of  the  city  where  the  peop4s;wer£,  . 
gathered  together  was  called  after  the  name  of  tl||&. 
chief  captain   of  the  land  of  Columbia,  whose  fe«le^* 
cxtendeth  to  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth  ;  albeit, 
he  had  slept  with  his  fathers. 


»  President's  Manifesto,       ;f  C9ngres> 


'f  ,:■'  >•:■  0-'-:rtii1" 


■%fe. 


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HISTORICAL 


5  Nevertheless,  the  pe.ople  loved  him,  forasmucti 
ks  he  wrought  their  deliverance  from  the  yoke  of 
tyranny  in  times  past:  so  they  called  the  city  WAbS" 

IHOTON. 

6  Now*  when  the  written  paper  was  received,  the 
doors  of  the  chambers  of  the  Great  Sanhedrim  were 
ofosed,  and  a  seal  was  put  upon  every  man's  mouth. 

y  And  the  counsellors  of  the  naiion,  and  the  wise 
men  thereof,  ordered  the  written  paper  which  James 
bad  delivered  unto  them  to  be  read  aloud }  and  the  in- 
terpretation thereof  was  in  this  wise  ; 

8  Lo  !  the  lords  and  the  princes  of  the  kingdom  of 
Britain,  in  the  fulness  of  their  pride  and  power,  have 
trampled  upon  tlie  altar  of  Liberty,  anci  violated  the 
sanctuary  thereof ;  ;.  --^  . 

9  Inasmdch  as  they  hearkened  not  unto  the  voice  of 
.moderation,  when  the  cry  of  the  people  of  Columbia 
■was.  Peace  !  peace  ! 

10  Inasmuch  as  they  permitted  not  the  tall  ships  of 
Columbia  to  sail  in  ^eace  on  the  waters  of  the  mighty 
dtep;    saying  in  their  hearts,  Of  these  will  we  m;^kc 
spoil,  and  they  shall  be  given  unto  the  king. 

1 1  Inasmuch  as  they  robbed  the  ships  of  Columbia 
of  the'  strong  men  that  wrought  therein,  and  took 
tliem  for  their  own  use,  even  as  a  man  taketh  his  ox 
or  his  ass.  -    ' 

*  12  Inasmuch  as  they  kept  the  men  stolen  from  the 
ships  of  ('oliimbia  ii.  bondage  many  years,  and  caused 
them  to  iight  the  baul.es  of  the  king,  even  agaiuisi  their 
own;|)i»ethren  !  neiilier  gave  tliey  unto  them  silver  op 
l^ld,  1^ut  many  stripes.. 

'  13  Now  the  men  of  CclumUia  were  not  like  unto 
Hie  men  <»f  Britain  j  for  their  bucks  were  not  harUtn- 
ed  unto  the  whip,  as  were  llie  servants  of  the  king  ; 
therefore  they  murmured)  and  their  murniuriujj^ 
ibave  been  hei^rdf  .    _ 


•<i.  f  '^i*"-"-.*" 


I-  '1 


iWP'lH'^"'"'"****" 


'orasmucfi 
e  yoke  of 
ty  Wass- 

fived,  the 
rim  were 

mouth. 
1  the  wise 
ich  James 
nd  the  in-^ 

ingdom  of 
ver,  have 
olaied  the 

e  voice  of 
Columbia 

ships  of 
mighty 
we  mi^ke 

Columbia 

iivd   took 

1  his  ox 

rem  the 
caused 
isi  their 

silver  op 


kc  unto 
hanttu- 
e  king  ; 
1  urines  % 


,  '^11 


■I 


•  'reader!* 


.■:^W. 


-r,-* 


i( 


U  Moreover,  the  Council  of  Britain  sent  ffirth  a 
Decree  to  all  the  nations  of  the  earth,  sealed  with  the 
signet  of  the  Pvjnce  Regent,  who  gov45rnedthe  nation 
in  the  name  of  the  king,  his  father  ;  for,  io  !  the  king 
was  possessed  of  an  evil  spirit,  and  his  son  reigned  in 

his  stead*..'  ...    ■,...»■    ■•■.'.••  .;-^t.^.,, ''ii^C^",- 

15  Now  this  Decree  of  the  Council  of  Britain  was 
a  grievous  tking,  inasmuch  as  it  permitted  net  tho^e 
who  dealt  in  merchandize  to  go  whithersoever  they 
chose,  and  to  trade  freely  with  all  parts  of  the  earthy 

16  And  it  fell  hard  upon  the  people  of  Columbia  j 
for  the  king  said  unto  them,  Ye  shall  come  with  yvUi* 
vessels  unto  me  and  pay  tribute,  then  may  ye  depart  t^ 
another  country. 

17  Now  these  things  pleased  the  pirates  and  the 
cruisers  of  ilriiain  mightily,  because  it  permitte.4 
them  to  rob  the  commerce  of  Columbia  with  impunity, 

18  Furthermore,  have  not  the  servants  of  the  king 
leagued  with  the  savages  of  the  wilderness,  and  giv^ 
unto  tUeni  silver  and  gold,  and  placed  the  destroying 
engines  in  their  hands  ?    ..■  . ',         ^.  •<,';,  « 

19  Thereby  stirring  up  the  spirit  of  Satan  within 
them,  that  they  might  spill  the  blood  of  the  people  of 
Columbia  ;  even  the  blood  of  our  old  men,  our  wives, 
and  our  little  ones  !  v 

20  Thus  had  Britain,  in  her  heart,  commenced  WaP 
against  the'pcople  of  Columbia  whilst  they  cried  aloud 
for  peace  :  and  when  she  smote  them  on  tlic  one  cheek 
they  turned  unto  her  the  other  also. 

21  Now,  therefore,  shall  we,  the  indepeiwfeni  peo» 
pic  ofColuHibia,  sit  down  silently,  as  slaves,  iind  bow 
tne  neck  to  Britain  ?  ■ 

22  Or,  shall  we,  like  ouv .jR»re fathers,  nobly  as<)ert 
our  rights,  aid  defend  that  Lioi-RrY  and  iNSUFflUSPk 
D£NC£  which  the  Lord  liAthjfiren  Uuto  Utt  I 


'!L 


.-  : 

;-;r;-   :. 

T     "  .■(* 

:■  T^-'i^i^V^wipTj;- ^  :■-   t'ti   .        y 

■  "^ 

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• 

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15 

fllSTOmCAL 

,   ■  * 

' '' 

CHAP.  II. 

■■»».-■   .■-."  .^->.H>  ~    '  ;''^  i 


'"i  ftefiort  of  the  Committee — Declaration  of  War. 


No' 


n  I* 


ceriain  wise  men  from  among 


>W,  when  there  was  aq  end  made  of  reading  the 
paper  which  James  had  written,  the  Sanhedrim  com* 
Inuned  one  with  another  touching  the  matter  : 

3    And  they  chose 
Miem  to  deliberate  thereon. 

3  And  they  commanded  them  to  go  forth  from  their 
presence)  for  thitt  purpose,  and  return  again  on  the 
tfiird  day  of  the  same  month. 

4  Now»  when  the  third  day  arrived,  at  the  eleventh 
hour  of  the  day,  they  came  forth  and  presented  them- 
selves before  the  Great  Sanhedrim  of  the  people. 

5  And  the  chief  of  the  wise  men,  whom  they  had 
chosen,  opened  his  mouth  and  spake  unto  them  after 
this  manner  : 

6  Behold  1  day  and  night  have  we  meditated  upoil 
the  words  which  James  hath  delivered,  and  we  arc 
-weary  withal,   for  in  our  hiearts  we  desired  peace. 

7  But  the  wickedness  of  the  kingdom  of  Great- 
Britain^  and  the  cruelty  of  the  princes  thereof,  to- 
-wards  the  peaceable  inhabitants  of  the  land  of  Colum- 
biu,  may  be  likened  unto  the  fierce  lion,  when  he  put* 
teth  his  paw  upon  the  innocent  lamb  to  devour  him. 

8  Nevertheless,  the  lamb  shall  not  be  slain  ;  for  the 
Lord  shall  be  his  deliverer. 

9  And  if,  peradventure,  the  people  of  Columbia  go 
not  out  to  battle  against  the  king,  then  will  the  mani- 
fold N*rong8  comm'tted  against  them  be  increased  ten- 
ibld.  and  they  shall  be  as  a  mock  and  a  bye- word 
among  kll  nations. 

10  Moreover,  the  righteousness  of  your  cause  ehail 


"t»^>*»-^.^.-*<»-    it'^fr*m 


■9^mj<:s 


lUSADEK. 


U 


Ififtd  you  to  glory,  and  the  pillars  of  your  liberty  thall 


BOt  be  shaken.  J'ZMfy.^"! 


K'.n- 


1 1  Therefore,  say  we  unto  you,  Gird  on  your  swords 
and  go  forth  to  battle  against  the  king ;  even  against 
the  strong  powers  of  Britain  ;  and  the  Lord  Qodof 
Hosts  be  with  you.  .    , 

13  Now  when  thie  great  Sanhedrim  of  the  people 
beard  those  things  which  the  wise  men  had  uttered* 
they  pondered  them  in  their  minds  many  days,  and 
weighed  them  well ; 

IS  Even  until  the  seventeenth  day  of  the  month 
pondered  they  in  secret  concerning  the  matter. 

j4  And  it  was  so,  that  on  the  next  day  they  sent 
forth  a  Da^cRBE,  making  WAR  upon  the  kingdom  qf 
Great  Britain,  and  upon  the  sf  rya^ts,  and  ujpon  jtfap 
slaves  thereof  ,    *  v^     ^ 

15  And  the  Decree  was  signed  with  the  luind 
.writing  of  James,  j^ie  .chjief  Governor  of  the  land  pf 
Columbia.  "■:-■'■:  Z":'"^'^''^^ ' 

16  After  these  things,  the  doort  of  the  chamhers 
ef  the  •^anhedrin>  were  opened. 


'.*>.,*• 


'^«fc" ' 


•i■■i^'>«4..■. 

•      .■  ■    ^  -^^^^  v>  . 

;■;    ..  •■  •        "  *,.  ,:;  v.   •.»» : 

:-  ^r,.s  ... 

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....  .    .  ^.^..   . 


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44 


«ISTORICAL 


7v 


'«■.. 


■        I  .<  .  \'  ?*  *  •»'«-■  ' 

^        .  '  t-'-y.^'-^  ;'      CHAE.  III.       . 

BeceflHwn  %f  the  Declaration  of  War  in  Great  BrifaUt^ 

mmher/riendt  in  America — Caleb  Strong-^^HartJor^ 
.r-i    v    '  Convention,  A  y  .?'V' 


iv-r. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the  princes  and  the 
lords  and  the  counsellors  of  Britain  saw  the  Decree, 
their  wrath  was  kindled,  and  their  hearts  were  ready 
to  burst  with  indignation.  ^' 

2  For,  verily,  said  they,  this  insult  hath  overflowed 
the  cup  of  our  patience  ;  and  now  will  we  chastise  the 
impudence  bf  these  Yankees,  and  the  people  of  Co- 
lumLiasirall  bow  before  the  kinij. 

3  Then  will  we  rule  them  with  a  rod  of  iron  ;  and 
they  shall  be,  unto  us,  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of 
water. 

4  For,  verily,  shall  we  suffer  these  cunninjy  Yan- 
kees to  beard  the  mighty  lion,  with  half  a  dozen  fir- 
built  frigati^  the  men  whereof  are  but  mercetiarf 
cawards— .Boards  and  outlaws  ? 

/  "^  5  Nether  durst  they  array  themselves  in  battle 
against  tlie  men  of  Britain.  No  !  we  will  sweep  them 
from  the  face  of  the  waters,  and  their  name  shall  be 
beard  no  more  among  nations. 

6  ShivU  the  proud  conquerors  of  Europe  not  laugh 
to  scorn  the  feeble  eflForis  of  a  few  unorganized  sol- 
diers, undiciplined,  and  fresh  from  the  plough,  the 
hoe,  and  the  maitock  ? 

7  Yea,  they  shall  surely  fall ;  for  they  were  not  bred 
to  figii'ing  as  were  tlic  servants  of  the  king. 

8  Tiicir  Urge  cities,  their  towns,  and  their  villages 
Xf'iU.  we  bum  with  coasuniiug  lire. 


...■.;.i,si*-4.,„^,. 


'V^.  ..  ...^   A.,vi.(»i-. 


,4--' 


T?- 


ki !  I 


READER. 


IS 


9,  Their  oil)    and  their  wheat,  and  their  rye,  and 

Ihcir  corn,  and  their  barley,  and  their  rice,  and  their 

buckwheati  and  their  oats,  and  their  flax,  aiid  all  the 

[products  of  their  country  will  we  destroyi  and  scatter 

tlie  remnants  thereof  to  the  four  winds  of  heaven. 

10  All  these  things,  and  more,  will  we  do  uiUQ  this 
froward  people.  -.  •    **^  ' 

11  Neither  shall  there  be  found  safety  for  age  or 
sex  from  the  destroying  swords  of  the  soldiers  of  the 

king.       ■.■^-■•A  ■    .    V,-;- ■•.-<;*       .f       ',-■    ■•:•■.    ..   rv.A'vi>'    ■ 

13  Save  in  those  provinces  and  towns  where  dwell 
the  friends  of  the  king  ;  for,    lo  !  said  they,  the  king's 

friends  are  many.    -^^ly^.  ..^,. : '  y,,.,vu;.  Xj^kf  J\H,k:m-  . 

13  These  will  we  spare;  neither  will  we  hurt  a 
hair  of  their  heads  :  nor  shull  the  savages  of  the  wil- 
derness stain  the  scalping-knife  or  the  tgmahawk  with 
the  blood  of  the  king's  ft  lends. 

14  Now  it  happened,  about  this  time,  that  there 
were  numbers  ot  the  hihabitunts  of  the  country  of  Co- 

[lunibia  whose  hearts  yearned  after  the  king  of  Britain. 

15  And  with  their  talsc  flatierinjjf  words  they  led 
astray  some  of  the  friends  of  Columbian  Liberty  ; 
for  their  tongues  were  smoother  than  oil.      ,,v,  r^.  i  .V 

16  Evil  machinations  entered  into  their  hearts,  and 
the  poison  of  their  breath  might  b^  likened  unto  tho 
deadly  Bohon  Upas,  which  rears  its  lofty  branches  in 
the  barren  valley  of  Java.* 

17  And  they  strove  to  dishearten  the  true  friends  of 
the  great  Saiihedrim  ;  but  they  prevailed  not. 


*  Of  the  existence  of  this  ivonderful  tree  4 here  have 
keen  dubts  :  but  ilic  rtadir  U  rtferred  tu  ihc  relation 
of  F.  J\  J^otrnc/i  nvho  has  given  a  su/ittfaciori^  aciouni 
«/  ii}  /ram  hm  ©w»  ira-vti^  in  its  nei^hbuurkeod* 


i-*. 


r  ,* 


'!^3»*.  I 


-  J^iw-  .■.  ■  i 


.J.-.-, 


'.rk 


c. 


y 


'■V 


HISTomCAL 


r^ 


•    V 


.  18  Mdrbbtt/Ti  Siitto  entered  into  the' bent'  of  dhc 
off  the  governors  of  the  east)  and' he  was  led  astray  by 
the  wickedness  thereof,  even  Caied  the  Strong. 

19  Now  Caleb,  which  in  the  Cherokee  tongue,  sig- 
niiieth  an  ass,  liked  not  the  decree  of  the  g^eat  San* 
hedritni  inlaismuch  as  he  favored  the  king;  of  Britain; 

30  And,  though  willing  to  become  a  beast  of  burden, 
yet  would  he  not  move  oh  account  of  his  very  great 
stupidity^  ''    :,::. -^ht^K^^^'--       '  u  i«'.f.%;  ..  >"; 

21  And  he  said  unto  the  captains  of  the  hosts  of  the' 
state  over  which  he  prcbided,'Lo!  it  seemeth  not  meet 
unto  me  that  ye  go  forth  to  battle  against  the  king* 

22  For,  lo  !  are  not  the  fighting  men  of  Britain,  in 
multitude,  as  the  sand  on  the  sea  shore?  and  shall  we 
prevail  against  them  ? 

23  Are  not  the  mighty  ships  of  the  king  spread  over 
the  whole  face  of  the  waters  ?  Is  not  Brituii^  the  ^*  bul" 
vark  of  our  religion  ?*' 

24  Therefore,  I  command  that  ye  go  not  out  to  bat- 
tle, but  every  man  remain  in  his  own  house.        ' 

25  And  all  the  governors  of  the  east  listened  utito 
the  voice  of  Caleb. 

26  Moreover,  the  angel  of  the  Lord  whispered  in- 
t%the  ear  of  Caleb,  and  spake  unto  him,  saying, 

2f  If,  peradventure,  thou  dost  refuse  to  obey  the- 
laws  of  the  land,  the  thing  will  not  be  pleasitnt  in  the' 
sight  of  the  Lord  ; 

28  Inasmuch  as  it  may  cause  the  people  to  rise  up 
•ne  against  another,  and  spill  the  blood  of  their  own- 
children  ; 

29  And  the  time  of  warfare  will  be  lengthened  oUt, 
and  the  bfood  of  thousands  will  be  upon  thine  head. 

30  And  Satan  spake,  and  said  unio  Caleb,  Fear  not ; 
for  if  thou  wilt  forsake  thy  country,  and  throw  off  the 
paltrysubterfuge  of  Columbian  LiBERTt,  and  defy 
the  councils  of  tb«  great  Sanhedrim, 


**■■  -.  igiiiMi- 


.  J 

^  tongue,  sig. 

ft  of  burden, 
^*  ^^'-y  great 

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eth  not  meet 

^  ""tain,  in 
^^  sbaJi  we 

spread  over 
out  to  btt^ 

ft 

'»ed  unto 

Pered  in- 

obeythi' 
ntin  th« 

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eir  own: 

fled  our, 
^ead. 
arnot; 
off  ilie 
d  defy. 


HEADER. 

31  Then  shall  thy  rtamc  be  proclaimed  with  the 
sound  of  the  trufppet  throughout  all  the  earth  ;  and 
thou  shalt  be  a  prince  and  a  ruler  over  this  people. 

32  Now  the  smooth  words  of  Satan  tickled  Caleb 
mightily,  and  he  barkened  unto  the  counsel  of  the 
wieked  one  :  , '  .„         , .     • 

33  P'or  the  good  counsel  given  unto  him  was  as  wa- 
ter thrown  upon  a  rock. 

34  But  when  the  chief  governor  and  the  great  San- 
hedrim of  the  people  saw  the  wickedness  of  Caleb, 
their  hearts -were  moved  with  pity  towards 'him  and 
his  followers  :  yea,  even  those  who  had  made  a  con- 
vention at  the  little  town  of  Hartford. 

35  Neither  doth  the  scribe  desire  to  dwell  upon  the 
wickedness  \^hiGh  came  into  the  village  of  Hartford, 
the  signification  of  the  name  whereof,  in  the  yernacu'^ 
lar  tongue,  appeareth  not.  '       *' 

36  For  the  meddling  therewith  is  as  the  green  pool 
f  f  unclean  Tvatcrs,  when  a  man  casteth  a  stone  therein. 


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CHAP.  IV. 


•     rx>  •  v;;      •   .     '.. 

•7b/i»  Hinry^^Elijah  Parii/t, 


'II  .  .. 


•v:.\'.^%>- 


1..  '>■ 


l^ET^he  children  of  Colum^jia  beware  of  false  pro- 
ph(^^hich  come  in  sheep's  clothing  ;  for  it  is  writ- 
ten, Ye  shall  know  them  by  their  fruits.  '!  ^ 

2  Now  it  came  to  pass,  that  a  certain  man,  whose  sir- 
name  was  Henry,  came  before  James,  the  chief  i^o- 
vernor,  and  opened  his  mouth,  and  spake  unto  him 

3  Lo  !  if  thou  will  give  unto  me  two  score  and  ten 
thousand  pieces  of  silver,  then  will  I  unfold  unto  thee 
the  witchcraft  of  Britain,  that  tliereby  thy  nauon  may 
not  be  caught  in  her  snares. 

4  And  James  said  unto  him,  Verily,  for  the  good 
of  my  country  I  will  do  this  thing. 

5  And  immediately  the  man  Henry  opened  his 
mouth,  a  second  time,  and  said, 

6  Lo  •  the  lords  aud  counsellors  of  Britain  have 
made  a  covenant  with  me,  and  have  promised  me 
many  pieces  of  gold  if  I  would  make  a  league  with  the 
provinces  of  the  east  that  they  might  favour  the  kin??  • 
and  long  and  faithfully  have  I  laboured  in  their  cause'. 

7  But  they  deceived  me,  even  as  they  would  de^ 
ceive  the  people  of  Columbia ;  for  their  promises  are 
as  the  idle  wind  that  passeth  by,  which  no  man  re- 
gardcth. 

8  And,  when  he  had  gotten  the  silver  into  his  own 
hands  he  departed  to  the  land  of  the  Gaiils,  where  he 
reniMneth  even  until  this  day. 


rjr-r. 


READER. 


19 


^^'^  Jiave 
ised  mo 
^Uh  tho 

"*  Cause, 
aid  de. 
ses  are 
an  re* 


9  Kcvcrthelcss,  the  people  profited  much  thereby . 
[inasmuch  as  it  put  them   upon  the    watch,    and   they  / 
guarded  themselves  against  the  evil  accordingly. 

10  He  that  longeth  after  the  interpretation  of  the 
deeds  of  Henry,  let  him  go  and  hiake  inquiry  of  those 
who  acted  with  him— »the  ministers  of  the  Hartford 
Convention. 

1 1  Now,  there  was  a  certain  hypocrite  whose  name 
was  Elijah,  and  he  was  a  false   prophet  in  the  cast; ' 
and  he  led  astray  those  of  little  undc;rstanding  :  more-' 
over,  he  was  an  hireling,  ai^d  preached  for  the  sake  of 
filthy  lucre.  z    ,  ■  .  * 

12  And  he  rose  up  and  called  himself  a  preacher 
of  the  gospel,  and  his  words  were  smooth,  and  the  peo* 
pie  marvelled  at  him ; 

13  But  he  profaned  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  he' 
strove  to  lead  his  disciples  into  the  wrong  way. 

14  And  many  wise  men  turned  their  backs  against 
him ;  nevertheless,  he  repented  not  of  his  sins  unto 
this  day. 

15  Neither  did  the  people,  as  Darius  the  Mede  did 
xinto  the  prophet  Daniel,  cast  him  into  the  den  of 
lions,  that  they  might  see  whether  the  royal  beasts 
would  disdain  to  devour  him.  .     V  * 

16  But  they  were  rejoiced  that  power  was  not  giv 
en  unto  him  to  command  fire  to  come  down  from  hea- 
yen  to  consume  the  friends  of  the  great  Sanhedrim. 

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^' 


HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  V. 


American   Army-^RriliUa—-J/'avy-~'Rrithh    ^'avy.^ 
Rodger 9*  Jirat  Cruise — Capture  of  the  U.  6".  brig 
/ifgmiiut^mremtval  qf  aliens  beyond  tide-water. 


X  HE  whole  host  of  the  people  of  Columbiat  who 
tiad  been  trained  to  war»  being  numbered,  was  about 
seven  thousand  fighting  men.* 

2  Neither  were  they  assembled  together ;  but  ihejr 
■were  extended  from  the  north  to  tho  south,  about 
three  thousand  miles.f 

3  But  tne  husbandmen,  who  lived  un(!cn'  their  own 
fig-trees,  and  lifted  the  arm  in  defence  of  their  own 
homes,  were  more  than  seven  hundred  thousand,  all 
naighty  men  of  valor. 

4  Now  the  armies  of  the  king  of  Britain,  are  they 
not  numbered  and  written  in  the  book  of  Hume^  the 
scribe  ?  is  not  their  name  a  terror  to  all  nations  ? 

5  Moreover,  the  number  of  the  strong  shij  s  of  the 
peaceable  inhabitants  of  Columbia,  that  moved  on  the 
waters  of  the  deep,  carrying  therein  the  destroying 
engines,  which  vomited  their  thunders,  was  about  one 
score  ;  besides  a  handful  of  «  cock-boats  ;"  with  «  a 
bit  of  striped  bunting  at  their  mast  head." 

-  6  But  the  number  of  the  fighting  vessels  of  Britain 
was  about  one  thousand  one  score  and  one,  which 
bore  the  royal  cross. 


*  Standintf  army, 

t  ^rom  District  of  Main:  to  Mobile  Bay  and  Kew* 
Orleans* 


r 


Tf' 


READER. 


21 


7  And  the  men  of  war  of  Britain  were  arrayed  ia 
|lljei«'  might  against  tho  people  of  the  land  of  Columbia. 

8  Nevenlveless,  it  came  to  pass,  that  about  this  time 
la  strong  ship  of  the  United  States,  called  the  Pre.',:- 
^dent,  commanded  by  a  skillful  man  whose  naii)e  was 

Rodtrers, 

9  Sailed  towards  the  island  of  Britain,  and  went 
[iiigh  unto  it,  and  captured  numbers  of  the  vessels  of 

ihe   people    of   Britain,   in    ihcir  own    waters;  after 
^Vhich  she  returned  in  safety  to  the  land  of  Columbia. 

• 

'0  And  the  pcopl*  gave  much  praise  to  1{ others, 
[for  it  was  a  cunning  thing  ;  inasmuch  as  he  saved  ma- 
[ny  ships  that  were  richly  laden,  so  that  ihey  fell  not 
[into  the  hands  of  ihe  people  of  Britain.  ■■i>-'-J 

1 1  Moreover,  it  happened  about  the  fifteenth  day 
of  the  seventh  month,  in  the  same  year  in  which  the 
decree  of  the  great  Sanhedrim  was  issued,  that  a  cer- 
tain vessel  of  the  states  of  Columbia  was  environed 
roundabout  by  a  multitude  of  the  ships  of  the  kii.g  ; 

12  And  the  captain  thereof  was  straiteucdi  and  ho 
looked  around  him  and  strove  to  escape  :  ^^. 

13  But  he  was  entrapped  and  fell  a  prey  to  the  ves- 
sels of  the  king ;  howbeit,  the  captain,  whose  name 
was  Crane,  tarnished  not  his  honor  thereby. 

14  And  the  nanve  of  the  vessel  of  the  United  States 
was  called  JVaulilus. 

15  Now,  about  this  time,  there  was  a  law  sent  forth 
from  the  great  Sanhedrim,  commanding  all  servants 
and  subjects  of  the  king  of  Britain  forthwith  t6  de-^ 
part  beyond  the  swellings  of  the  waters  of  the  great 
deep  J  even  two  score  miles.  'sti^  ^^^'Sly*'' 

16  And  they  did  so ;  and  their  friends  from  whonS 
they  were  compelled  to  flee,  mourned  for  them  many 


\  -rjCutLs^i 


2^ 


HISTORICAL 


rv 


'. «' 


CHAP.  VI. 


IMCa  exfirdition — he  enters  Canada,  and  encamfia  at 
i'iand'ivich — isaue^  ht9  J^roclamation— -retreats  to  De» 
troit,  I 


.'..'-.••i 


JS  OW  it  was  known  lluougliout  the  land  of  Colum- 
liia  that  war  wus  declared  ugainst  the  kingdom  of  liri- 

tiAin.  

^  2  And   to  a  certain   chief  captain  called    Williamy 
^vhose'  sir-name  waa  HuH^  was  given  in  trust  a  band 
of  more  than  two  thousand  chosen  men,  to  go  fortli- 
10  battle  in  the  north.  .  ■  ' 

3  Now  Hull  was  a  man  well  stricken  in  years,  and 
liC  had  been  a  captain  in  the  host  of  Columl'U,  in  the 
days  that  tried  men's  souls  j  even  in  the  days  of  Wasii-^ 

INGTOW. 

4  Therefore,  when  he  appeared  in  the  presence  of 
the  "'real  Sanhedrim,  they  were  pleased  jvith  his  coun* 
tenance,  and  put  much  faith  in  him.* 

5  Moreover,  he  was  a  governor  in  the  north,!  and  a 
man  of  great  wealth. 

6  And  when  he  arrived  with  his  army  hard  by  the 
Miami  of  the  Lakes,  he  gat  him  a  vessel  ah  i  placed 
therein  those  things  which  were  appertaining  unto 
the  preservation  of  the  lives  of  the  sick  and  the  maimed. 

7  But,  in  an  evil  hour,. the  vessel  was  ensnared,  near 


•    Gen.  Hull  had  been  ■o  »  "anldn^^ton  and  obt^inrd  (t*i 
(iJififiirJincnt  firevious  to  th^.  'K'ur,  .«•• 

t  Micld^an  territory. 


READER. 


13 


unto  a  strong  hol':l,*l)C!jitle  a  river  cftllcd  in  ihc  lang.iiige 
of  lh»  gauls,  Dtiioit.      .         •   ^ 

8  And  the  army  ofCulumbia  suffered  much  thereby. 

9  Nevertheless,  on  the  twelfth  ol  the  seventh  month 
about  the  fourth  watch  oT  «h  liight,  Wiiliam  with  hi^ 
whole  host  crossed  th»,    iv.r  >vhich  is  called   Detroit. 

10  And  he  enca  iJ'ic)  hib  .aen  round  about  the  town 
of  Sandwi'di,  ii?  the  ;i     >ice  of  the  king. 

U  Frcia  tb'  >lace,  lie  sent  forth  a  proclamation, 
"which  the  great  Sanhedrim  had  prepared  for  him  ;  and 
the  -wisdom  thereof  appeareth  even  unto  this  day. 

12  But  if  a  man's  as^  falleth  into  a  ditcht  shall  the 
JTiastcr  suffer  thereby  ?  if  injury  can  be  prevented,  shall 
we  not  rather  with  our  might  cndeaC"^  ^^  '^^^^P  *^^"™  ' 

13  Nowinihe  proclamation  which  Hull  pi'^'^^^h^^ 
abroAd,he  invited  the  people  of  the  proTinpc  of  Canada 
to  join  themselves  to  the  host  of  Coluu.biu.  who  ^  "'^ 
come  to  dnve  the  se^r vants  of  the  Un^  f,,^  ^^ VoV. 

14  And  it  came  to  pass,ihat  a  great  multitude  flnrt 
ed  to  the  banners  of  the  great  Sanheddm.  ^°'^" 
j3^Neverthcless,  they  knew  not  that  they  wer.  to  be 

16  However,  it  was  so  Hmf  "ixr;i?t        -•''.' 
the  province  of\he  king:!  Ilgl'^  ;™^f [»««'  ^--^  . 

n  and  when  U,e  ^^:..i^  l^7t  ^:^:- ^ 
^-'..  ^    !,  Who  .,a.l  joined  the   MandanI   Jr,\° 

^rome„of  Co,„.biawe..efi.4d'u;l:L":"  """  '"= 


viil'iMe 


..-  / 
/ 


•7^ 


^  HISTOllICAI. 

/•  ■     . , 

'     '     .  CHAP.  VI!.  '^]''''       \ 

Hull* 8  ex-fifdition— -surrender  of  his  army  and  the 
ivhole  Michiffan  Territory-^his  trial  and  fiardon  by 
the  I^reaide/it — capture  of  Michilimackinack, 

iN  OW  the  host  of  the  king  were  few  in  numbers  ; 
nevertheless,  they  came  in  battle  array  against  the 
strong  hold  of  VVjlliam. 
■2  And  ^hen  he  beheld  them  from  afar,  he  was  afraid  ; 
his  knees  smote  one  againat  another,  and  his  heart 
sunk,  within  hira  ;  for,  lo  I  the  savages  of  the  wilder- 
ness appeared  anicngs^t  them. 

3  And  there  v/as  a  rumor  went  throughout  tlic 
camp  of  Columbia,  and  it  bore  bard  upon  William. 

4  Inasmuch  as  they  said  the  wickedness  of  his  heart 
was  bent  on  giving  up  the  strong  hold  to  the  servants 
of  the  king. 

5  Howbcit  he  was  not  ti\;<ed  with  drii>lfing  of  the 
strong  waters  of  Jamaica  ;  which,  when  they  enter  in- 
to the  head  of  a  man,  destroy  his  reason  and  make 
him  appear  like  unto  one  who  hath  lost  his  senses. 

6  And  when  the  charge  against  William  was  made 
known  unto  the  soldiers  of  Columbia,  they  were 
grieved  much,  for  they  were  brave  men,  and  feared 
nought. 

7  So  the  officers  communed  one  with  another 
touching  the  thing ;  hut  they  wist  not  what  tc  do. 

8  And  they  fain  would  have  done  violence  uptp  VViN 
ljam,.that  rhey  might  have  been  enabled  to  pour  forth 
their  thunders  against  the  approaching  host  of  ^^ita^n  ; 

which  he  had  forbidden  to  be  done.         ; 

.  ,     ,■,..(.      •«    ••  • 


READER. 


as 


9  Moreover,  the  names  of  these  valiant  men,  wh# 
were  compelled  to  weep  before  the  cowardice  of 
William,  are  they  not  recorded  in  the  besom  of  every 
friend  of  Columbian  liberty.*  /« 

10  And  it  was  about  the  sixteenth  of  the  eighth 
month  when  the  servants  of  the  king  appeared  before 
the  strong  hold  of  Detroit. 

*  1 1  And  the  name  of  the  chief  captain  of  the  provin- 
ces of  Canada,  that  came  against  the  strong  hold,  was 
Brock)  whose  whole  force  was  about  seven  hundred  sol- 
diers of  the  king,  and  as  many  savages. 

12  Now  when  the  soldiers  of  Canada  were  distant 
about  a  furlong,  moving  towards  the  strong  hold;  even 
when  the  destroying  engines  were  ready  to  utter  their 
thunders,  and  smite  them  to  the  earth  ;  "'^'' ' 

13  William,  whose  heart  failed  him,  commanded 
the  valiant  men  of  Columbia  to  bow  down  before  the 
servants  of  the  king.  > 

14  And  he  ordered  them  to  yield  up  the  destructive 
weapons  which  they  held  in  their  hands. 

15  Neither  could  they  appear  in  battle  against  the 
king  again  for  many  days. 

16  Moreover,  the  cowardice  of  his  heart  caused  him 
to  make  a  league  with  the  servants  of  the  king,  in  the 
"ivhich  he  gave  unto  them  the  whole  territory  over 
which  the  people  Jiad  entrusted  him  to  preside  ;  not- 
withstanding it  appertained  not  unto  him. 

17  And  the  balls  of  solid  iron,  and  the  black  dust, 
and  the  destroying  engines  becafne  a  prey  unto  the 
men  of  Britain.  '*  'v  -■<■     • 

18  Now  there  had  followed  after  William  a  band  of 
brav*  men  from  the  west,  and  the  name  of  their  captain 


MiL'cr,  Cass,  M'Arthur^  Brushy  Fmdleyy  ksfa 


29 


•«v_ 


HISTORICAL 


r 


--.Tjwr  ■ 


=    '  "^  And,  lest  they  should  7/u      '^"'""'bi"-        ,- 
^•••vases,  a  captain,  who     t  jf '"'° ''",  '""''^  "^  "- 

'lered  to  go  forth  and  meet  Z   ""  ^  "»'>"".  »as  or- 

^  20  And  the  Und  that  ,«,  ,7'  „ 

Brownstown,  by  the  cunni^  f    '  '""*  ^""■"PPeU  at 

SiAncIt/ienameoftherM^f 
'" ;  and  the  cp.ah,  w  om    :  "f"",  "'^■•''^f.  "a.  Mil- 
^f  called  Snclling.,     "* '"  °"'"e'l  to  go  before  him 

against "IttenlJTj"^'"^ "'"■  *"''  ^'^ove  hanl 

'''^'•eby.  '^'"^'^  gat  great  honop 

28  Nevenhel.-,s.  in  tl.»  i« 
«ade,he  hadindud  d  M  ie    -!.",r^'"''  '^"'"'"  •>«<} 
»"'!  the  men  cf  war  oYcl't  "",''"=  ""■"■=  """ain, 
place.  °*   LoJumbw  that  were  nigi,  ij,, 

JSNowr,  therefore,  Whether  it  was  rn       r 
— "  '""  cowardice  out* 


"-"■•'**'""  ""I  C'l.  SnMn^ 


*^^»»'mtmm-'^.    ^ 


5a<nnd  tlie  wine 
unibia, 

»e  iiands  of  th© 
n^iori),  vt^as  or. 

e  entrapped  at 
that  laid  wait 

'he  camp  of  1 
■^  to  the  aid  of  1 

'eof,  was  Mil. 
fo  before  iii^ 

f  strove  hanl 
^3ge«j  cren 

?«ago,  lietl^ 
:troit. 

stofiViiiJep 


HEADER. 


1^ 


he 


men  of 


3ee  before 
■"eat  honop 


hat  day 


an 


Hiam  had 
■  captains 
«igh  th« 

Ike  out-* 


ii;^^ht,  in  William,  or  whether  he  bicr.me  treacherous 
fjr  filthy  lucre's  sake,  appeareth  not  unto  the  scribe^* 
SO  Hut  the  effect  ihcscof  to  the  nation,  was  as  a  man 
having  u  millstone  cast  about  his  neck.  ,'. 

31  So  Willicun  and  hii  whole  army  fell  into  the 
hands  of  the  servants  of  the  king. 

32  But,  as  it  ij  vrritten  in  the  book  cF  Solomon, 
There  is  u  time  ior  all  t!)in}>s;  so  it  cann.^  to  pass,  afier- 
wartU,  tiaat  William  was  tailed  to  account  for  his  evil 
dc:cds. 

33  And  he  was  examined  before  the  lawful  tribunal 
of  his  country  ;  and  they  were  all  valiant  wariiors  and 
chief  captains  in  ihc  land  of  Columbia. 

31  H<jw.)eit,  when  the  councilt  had  weighed  well 
the  matter,  they  declared  him  guilty  of  treason,  and. 
that  he  should  suffer  death.  -  »    -^ 

3.)  Neverthelt'ss,  they  recommended  him  to  the 
mercy  of  James,  the  chief  governor  of  the  land  of 
Columbia,  ...      .         .-r.'....^:  ./^ 

36  Saying,  Lo!  the  wickedness  of  the  man  appeareth 
unto  us  as  p?.lpable  as  the  noon  day  ;      \P.    r;  .   . 


*  7h  palliate  HuWh  conduct^  Jt  has  bec7i  urged  that 
he  nuvrendcrt  d  hia  army  to  firevent  the  effudon  of 
blood  :  biK  let  us  ask  thoHf  charitahLe  paiiiators  ivhat 
they  would  have  said  of  Gen.  Jack<ion.,  if.  when  a 
mighty  and  a  btood-tkirstu  enemy  a/i/ieared  b'fjrc  his 
ba:  tlemcnis,  in  quest  of  beauty  and  booty  ^  he  had  given 
iifi  .A'*.  Orlt'uns  a?id  ceded  the  Louisiana  territory  to 
Liin  ?  or  vf  the  gallant  i'roghan^  when  left  to  defend 
fort  Slefihenson  with  a  handful  ofm^n  and  a  Hinglc  six 
f.ounder  ?  —  Vhcse  pallidtors  might  even  have  wished 
that  the  heroes  of  Erie  a?id  Cham/iiain  had  fit  the 
same  qualms  of  conscience  : — uui  they  ought  to  knozv  ' 
tbat  it  was  such  noble  deed*  t/iat  utojii  tht,"^*  effusiQn  of 
blood. *\       .-' 

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,"*  37  But  the  infirmities  of  his  age  have  weakercl  his 
\inderstanding ;  therefore  let  his  grey  huiis  go  dowa 
to  the  grave  in  silence. 

38  And  when  James  heard  the  words  of  the  council, 
his  heart  melted  as  wax  before  the  fire. 

39  And  he  said,  Lo !  ye  have  done  that  which  seem- 
eth  right  unto  me. 

40  And  although,  as  my  soul  hopeih  for  mercy,  for  this 
thing  William  shall  not  surely  die  ;  yet  his  name 
shall  be  blotted  out  from  the  list  of  the  brave. 

41  Notwithstanding  this.  William  thanked  him 
fiot,  but  added  insult  to  cowardice.* 

42  So  William  was  ordered  to  depart  to  the  land 
which  lieth  in  the  east,t   where  he   remaineth    unto 
this  day ;  and  his  name  shall  be   no  more   spoken  of 
with  reverence  amongst  men. 

43  Moreover,  there  was  another  evil  which  fell 
upon  the  people  of  the  United  States,  about  the  time 
the  host  of  Columbia  crossed  the  river  Detroit. 

44  For,  lo  !  the  strong  hold  of  Michilimackinack» 
which  lieth  nigh  unto  the  lakes  of  Michigan  and  Hu^ 
ron,  fell  an  easy  prey  uuto  the  men  of  Britain  and 
their  red  brethren  ; 

45  Whose  numbers  were  more  than  four-fold  greater 
than  the  men  of  Columbia,  who  knew  not  of  the  war, 

46  Nevertheless,  the  people  of  the  United  States, 
even  the  great  Sanhedrim,  were  not  disheartened  ; 
neither  were  they  afraid :  for  they  had  coimted  the  cost, 
and  were  prepared  to  meet  the  evil. 


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CHAP.  VIII. 

(^afiture  of  the  Drituhfrigate  Guerrin-e^  by  the  United 
States' frigate  Constitution^  ;.fitain  Hull — cafiture 
of  the  Alert  sloop,  of  war,  by  the  Essex,  cajitain 
Porter* 


Now  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  the 
eighth  month,  that  one  of  the  tall  ships  of  Columbia, 
called  the  Constitution,  commanded   by  Isaac,  whose 
sir-name  was  Hull, 

•^  2  Having  spread  her  white  wings  on  the  bosom  of 
the  mighty  deep,  beheld  from  afar  one  of  the  fighting 
ships  of  Britciin  bearing  the  royal  cross. 

S  And  the  name  of  the  ship  was  called^  in  the  lan^ 
guage  of  the  French,  Guerriere,*  which  signifieth  a 
warrior,  and  Dacres  was  the  captain  thereof. 

4  Now  when  Dacres  beheld  the  ship  of  Columbia 
his  eyes  sparkled  with  joy,  for  he  had  defied  the  vesseU 
of  Columbia. 

5  And  he  spake  unto  his  officers  and  his  men  that 
were  under  him,  saying, 

6  Let  every  man  be  at  his  post,  and  ere  the  glass 
hath  passed  the  third  part  of  an  hour  the  stripes  of  the 
Constitution  shall  cease^o  sweep  the  air  of  heaven, 

7  And  the  yawning  deep  shall  open  its  mouth  to  re- 
ceive the  enemies  of  the  king. 

8  And  the  men  of  Dacres  shouted  aloud,  and  drank 


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of  the  strong:  waters  of  Jamaica,  which  make  Tiien  ma^J 
inortov.t:»',  l\ny  mixed  thfi  black  dust  therewith. 

9  Now  when  Is:^ac  drew  riigh  unto  the  king's  »hip) 
the  waniors  of  Colurabia  shouted. 
';     10  And  is  .ac  bore  down  upon  the  strong  ship  ofthe 
kiiijj;. 

1 1   About  this  time  they  pub  the  lighted  match  to  the 
block  dust  of  the  dcsiroyiuy  eui^iaes  and  it  was  like  un- 
.^x^:..  -lo  a  clap   )f  thunder. 

S^  13  Moreover,  the  fire  and  smoke  issued  out  of  the 
iWtoulhs  of  the  eufijines  in  ubunda?ice,  so  as  to  darken  the 
a»r,  and  they  were  ovcfbhadowed  by  the  mcau^ 
thereof  ? 

13  Now  the  l)l;ick  dust  was  not  known  amoiu^  the 
ancieuis  ;  even  Solomon,  in  the  plenitude  of  ids  \Aim 
dovn,  knew  it  n  »t.  ^  n       .     ;v- 

14  And  tlic  bditle  continued  with  tremendous  roar 
fnv  iibouL  the  space  of  liulf  an  hourj  when  its  noises 
ceased.  ,,  , 

15  But  when  the  clouds  of  smoke  had  passed  away, 
beliokt  !  the  mi^hiy  Gueiricro  lay  a  sitdiing  wreck 
upon  the  face  of  the  waters. 

1  J  Tne  shadow  of  hope  passed  over  her  as  a  dream  ; 
and  most  roluctuntly  was  she  compelled  to  strike  the 
lion's  red  cruKS  to  tiic  Ivagle  of  Columbia  : 

17  Whilst  the  Constitution,  like  Shadrach  in  the 
iiety  furnace,  remained  unsin^rcd  ;  butfilifd  her  white 
sails,  and  passed  along  as  though  nothing  had  happen* 
ed  unto  her. 

18  Now  the,  slain  and  the  maimed  of  the  king  that 
day  were  ftvc  score  and  five. 

19  An('  the  loss  of  the  people  of  Columbia,  was  se- 
ven slain  and  seven  wounded. 

20  Afi'-'r  this  Isaac  cc.uscd  a  turning  coal  i©  be  pU* 


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ced  in  the  Guerricre,thut  &he  mif^ht  be  consumed,  and 
the  flames  thereof  u.ounted  towards  the  heavews. 

31  And  the  great  Sanhethim  honored  Isaac  with 
great  honor,  and  the  people  were  rejoiced  in  hiin,und 
Ihey  furg-iit.  in  th(  contcnipl:;tion  of  his  glory,  the  evils 
tvhich  had  bcfullc!*  them  in  the  north.  .       "^  v, 

22  But  when  the  lords  and  counsellors  of  Britain 
heard  those  things,  they  believed  thcrn  not ;  it  was  as 
the  bitterness  of  j^all  to  i\u  ir  souls  :  for  the  pride  6f 
Britain  was  fix^Jtl  upon  her  navy  ;  it  was  ihe  apple  of 
her  eye.  >     , 

23  Now,  as  one  evil  followcth  after  anotner  to  the 
sons  of  men,  so  it  happen'  d  th:it,  in  the  same  month,  a 
certain  stjxtng  ship  of  ihc  United  States,  even  the  Es- 
sex, .he  nfimc  of  the  captam  wht^recf  was  Porter,  sailed 
in  search  of  the  vessels  of  the  ninij,  on  the  waters  of 
the  ocean. 

24  And  in  process  of  time,  she  fell  upon  one  of  the 
ships  of  Britain,  called  the  Alert,  and  matle  spoil  th-  xc^; 
©f  to  the  ptople  of  Columbia.  '   .''    .' 


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^9W  the  movements  of  th. 

mouon  of  awbirhvi„<,;;hi  t'  "»7,'-ere  «»  the 

to  the  .outh,  and  fro„   he  east  m,?"'  '^^°"'  "'«»°«'' 

2  And  they  soueht  ,„  "'^  «•"'■ 
Columbia  round  abo«."  *""™P="»  ">«  wi'olc  land  of 

3  So  it  dame  to  D*a«5«;  n,„* 
-Is  of  the  U„s.  th::'atd  o^th '"  "'  "■"  "'••""'  -- 
called  Ontario,  ^ored  tolry  s"  TV''"'  ''"ich  i, 

4  And  they  demanded  c7m„°'^"."  ""'•'''»"•• 
»f  the  United  States,  which  2    Tf'  °^""=  P'"'?'" 
J""?,  to  be  given  up'ul.o  .hem  ^s.   '  '''''"  ^™'»  'h'' 

^  Verily,  if  ye  give  them       '  ^'"^^ 
.   a  contribution  upon  „«  ' '  „  , ""'  "P'  "•«»  ^i"  ^^e  lav 
f  But  Bellinger,  the^'bLf  ^"  "''"  P"''  '^bute.     ' 

»;;«-"X^al!  whZ'tme  f  ';l"^  ''^'•''  ''='^''  ^Y, 
""=  engmes  to  work.  "^'^  ^^""i")--  set  one  of 

8  -^ndthe  vessels nfm.i  • 
»;'Wrengi„es,td1foa^'-'>P-ed  the  mouth, 
9  And  the  number  of  the  huJ^  f^P  of  Columbia, 
fates  that  flocked  to  the  de&„ '"'"''"""  "^"«=  United 
»';out  three  thousand.  "'^*'^"'c  Harbour  was 

'°  And  when  the  men  of  war  of  B,i,  • 

°'  ailain  taw  that  the 


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hole  land  of 


people  of  Columbia  were  not  afraid,  and  that  the/ 
knew  to  use  the  destroying  engines,  they  fled  to  their 
strong  hold,  in  the  province  of  the  king,  which  is  called 
Kingston.  ♦t^v     •    ,v" 

1 1  Howbeit,  some  of  their  ships  received  much 
damage  from  the  balls  of  heavy  metal,  that  smote  them 
from  the  strong  hold.  /    . 

1 2  Now  as  the  malice  of  the  nations  increased  one 
against  another,  so  did  the  evils  increase  which  sur- 
rounded them. 

1 3  And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  fourth  day  of  the 
tenth  month,  there  came  a  thousand  fighting  men  of 
Britain  to  lay  waste  the  village  of  Ogdensburgh,  which 
lieth  hard  by  the  river  St.  Lawrence. 

14  Howbeit,  the  people  of  Columbia  permitted  them 
not  to  Come  unto  the  land  j  but  compelled  them  to  de- 
part in  haste.   •  t  ..        ■•  -    '*«'  -  -i»t-j. 

15  Nigh  unto  this  place  is  a  village  which  is  c^Mcd 
St.  Regis,  where  the  soldiers  of  Britain  had  coiuc  to 
fix  a  strong  hold  on  the  borders  of  Columbia. 

16  But  a  brave  captain,  whose  name  was  Vcuns;,.. 
with  a  band  of  men,  called   militia,    went   againi: 
them.  ,o  ^  .-■. 

17  And  he  set  the  destroying  engines  "to  work,  and 
the  noise  thereof  sounded  in  their  ears  ;  so  they  were 
ciiscomfitted  and  fled  in  confusion. 

18  And  the  number  of  the  servants  of  the  king*,  ' 
made  captive  that  day,  was  two  score  men,  with  tho  - 
instruments  of  destruction  in  their  hands. 

19  Moreover,  one  of  the  banners  of  tha  king;. 
even  the  red-cross  standard  of  Britain,  fell  ialo  iLt 
hands  of  Young.     .  •*  • 

30  On  the  eighth  day  of  the  snmc  month,  a  capt^ii'i 

of  Columbia,  whose  name  was  Elliotj  -a  cunhijig  m  ■.!^;.• 
^  •  •  K  ■    •  -      ''*"•■*•    "ijii  *• 


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took  a  chosen  band,  who  came  from  the  sea'Coast,  and 
put  them  in  boats. 

SI  And  he  departed  with  them  from  Niagara  to- 
wards the  strong  hold  of  Erie,  even  in  the  dead  of  the 
night. 

S3  And  he  came  unawares  upon  the  two  vessels 
which  were  covenanted  to  the  king,  with  the  r.rm/ 
at  Detroit. 

.  S3  And  the  names  of  the  vessels  were  the  Adams 
and  the  Caledonia,  and  Elliot  captured  them  the  same 
night. 

34  However,  the  next  day,  as  Elliot  and  his  men 
were  returning  with  their  prizes,  the  men  of  Britain, 
who  were  upon  the  other  shore,  let  the  destroying  en« 
gines  loose  upon  them  from  their  strong  hold  ; 

35  And/E  few  of  the  people  of  Columbia  were  slain. 
It  was  here  the  valiant  Cuyler*  fell ;  a  ball  of  heavy 
metal  struck  him  as  he  was  toming  on  a  fleet  horse  to« 
wards  the  water's  edge. 

36  Now,  Cuyler  was  a  man  well  beloved  ;  and  the 
oRicers  and  men  of  Columbia  grieved  for  him  many 
dayst 


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B«r//(r    0/  Qufenstown'—thc  British  General  Jirocf: 

kilted.  -    -r  . 

^^^  ■  ^'^  ^  •-^•'^ 

And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  morning  of  the  thir- 
teentit  day  of  the  tenth  month, 

2  Tnat  Stephen,  a  chief  captain  of  Columbia,  sir- 
named  Van  Uenssclaer,  essayed  to  cross  the  river 
wiiicli  Is  called  Niagara,  with  his  whole  army.'^-    "^  ^^ 

3  Now  the  river  lieth  between  the  Lake  Eric  and 
the  Lake  Ontario.  '     •' -    '■ "-" 

4  And  the  noise  of  the  waters  of  the  river  is  louder 
than  the  roaring  of  the  forest ;  yea,  it  is  like  unto  the 
rushing  of  mighty  armies  to  battle.  ^':^ 

5  And  the  movement  of  the  stupendous  falls  there- 
lof  bringeth  the  people  from  all  parts  of  the  earth  to 

behold  it.*  ,.   ',.,. ., 

6  So  Stephen  gat  his  soldiers  into  the  boats  that 
were  prepared  for  them,  and  they  moved  upon  the 
rough  waters  of  the  river,  towards  the  strong  hold  of 
Qucenstown. 

7  And  when  the  men  of  Britain  saw  them  approach* 
;lhey   opened    the    engines    upon .  them,   from   Fort 

George,  and  round  about.  *  -  -  :?s^ 

8    Nevertheless,   they  persevered  ;  although  the 

strength  of  the  waters,  which  were  ungovernable,  ae-  'W 

parated  the  army.  '  "'r^.^'^'^^^^^y^'' 

9  However,  Solomonjt   a  captain  and  a  kinsm'S  of* ' 

'■      .'■     i"*    t.  -  *■ 

U    ,      .'  _  .  V, 

'    '  ■     '  ■  .    .  I  I  .III     '    - 

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Stephen,  reached  the  shore  with  the  men  under  hia 
command,  in  all  about  two  hundred.     .     '"*  ^ 

10  And  he  put  the  army  in  battle  array,  in  a  ralley, 
and  moved  up  towards  the  strong  hold ;  and  Brock  was 
the  chief  captain  of  the  host  of  Britain. 

1 1  And  from  their  strong  hold  they  shot,  with  their 
mischievous  engines,  balls  of  lead  in  abundance  ;  and  it 
was  as  a  shower  of  hail  upon  the  people  or  Columbia  ; 

12  B'or  there  was  no  turning  to  the  right  hand  nor 
to  the  left  for  safety. 

1 3  And  Solomon  and  his  men  fought  hard  ;  and  they 
rushed  into  the  hottest  of  the  battle. 

14  And  a  captain  of  the  United  States^  whose  name 
was  Chrystie,  followed  close  after  thern^  with  a  chosen 
band  of  brave  men. 

15  So  they  pushed  forward  to  the  strong  hold,  and 
uroye  the  men  of  Britain  before  them  like  sheep,  and 
smote  them  hip  and  thigh,  with  great  slaughter ;  and 
J3rock,  their  chief  captain,  was  among  the  slain. 

16  And  Chrystie,  and  the  valiant  Wool,  and  Ogil- 
vle,  and  the  host  of  Columbia,  gat  into  the  hold,  and 
the  army  of  the  king  fled  :  and  Chrystie  was  wounded 
in  the  palm  of  his  band. 

17  But  Solomon  was  sorely  wounded,  so  that  his 
i^ength  failed  him,  and  he  went  not  into  the  hold. 

1 8  And  that  day  there  fell  of  the  servants  of  the  king 
many  valiant  men,  even  these  whe  were  called  Invin- 
cibles,  and  had  gained  great  honour  in  Egypt. 

19  Nevertheless,  the  same  day  a  mighty  host  of  sa- 
vages and  soldiers  of  the  l^ing,*  came  forth  again  to  bat- 
tle, and  rushed  upon  the  people  of  the  United  States, 
and  drove  them  from  the  strong  hold  of  Queenstown. 


^  J^ein/orcemcnfs/ronr  Fert  GcT^e  and  thififidxva^^ 


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20  For,  lo!  Stephen,  the  chief  catXain,  could  not  pre* 
vail  oa  tae  iiuHt  ot  militia  on  the  other  :»ide  of  the  ri* 
ver  to  croH^  over. 

2 1  So  the  army  of  Columbia  moved  dovm  towards 
the  river  to  cross  over  again,  that  they  might  escape. 

22  But  wnen  they  came  doovn  to  the  water  side,  lo  ! 
they  wt-re  oeceived,  for  there  was  not  a  boat  to  convey 
them  to  a  place  of  safety  ;  so  thty  became  captives  t« 
the  men  ot  Britain. 

23  Now  tl>e  men  of  Britain  treated  the  prisoners 
kindly,  and  showed  much  tenderness  towards  them  ', 
for  which  the  people  blessed  them. 

24  And  the  killed  and  wounded  of  the  host  of  Co- 
lumbia, were  an  hundred  two  score  and  ten. 

25  And  the  prisoner?  that  fell  into  the  hands  of  the 
king,  were  abput  seven  hundred. 

26  Nevertheless,  in  a  letter  which  Stephen  sent  to 
Henry,*  the  chief  captain  of  ll)e  army  of  the  north,  ho 
gave  great  honor  unto  the  captains  who  fought  under 
him  that  day.  ^  ^  - 

27  And  the  names  of  the  valiant  men,  %vho  distin- 
guished themselves  in  the  battle,  were  Wadsworthj 
Van  Rensselaer,  Scott,  Chrysiie,  Fenwick,  Fink,  Gib» 
son,  and  many  other  brave  men  of  war.       .,    . 


f  Maj,  Gen,  JDearhrn,     '' 


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CHAP,  xr.- 

letter  „as  SifsWhr  "'^'™'  '^••'>' '"  "Woh  the 
Alexander.* •  "'^  "P'*'"  whose  name  „as 

of  wa^Ce!^'"'''"''^^  ""'^  =•  ■»=•-  "cll  skilled  in  the  arts 

of'heta.etr^tV^rr'r'"''!''  '.""  ^--^  -en 
S"  fonhfrom  their  homeland  •""  ^'  '""'^''  ">««,  to 
„  •*  And  ti,e  word,  thereof  lr."r''°^'""''^'''™. 

>=«  Jhey  went  in  numbers  a 'd  -•'  ^"""^  """'  " 

t!'e  shores  of  the  rive"  wit  h^  ^°'T^  Alexander,  on 
,    ^  But  here  the  ha,^d  of  ,?  "   '"""'  Niagara. 

^neuefaltoreth.his'ireanVckVeth'''  h'?'"'""'>-  <>- 
blot  from  his  memory  that  wM  i    '     *"'*  "<>""  f^l" 
to  record  j  for  he  is  a  liri„         '''  "■""'  <=ompeis  him 
«  Alas  !  there  "as  i'""-^,""""«  "'ereof. 

"^  in  bye-places  throu^hor.ir'l  """"S  '"  ""et 
„  ^  And   lo!  j„  viper    t-'. ''■*,'''"'' of  Columbia.. 

^'"Sr.I.oi.hVja^'of'tretndT''''"''  ""'"  "-». 
-'>  -er  the  borders  of  t'hVSrs^r"''  ""^  '' 


-^^'iS-.      Ctf«.     ^;;,^^^, 


KEADER. 


'jO 


9  Moreover,  said  they,  the  fierceness  of  the  savages 
lis  terrible  as  the  wild  tyger,  and  their  numbers  as  the 
Itrees  of  the  forest. 

10  And  the  veteran  soldiers  of  the  king  who  have 
[been  bred  to  war,  are  spread  in  multitudes  over  the 
[province  of  Canada. 

1 1  Therefore,  if  ye  go  over  to  figHt  against  them,  ye 
[will  be  as  sheep  going  to  the  slaughter  ;  and  ye  shall 
liiever  again  recurn  to  the  house  of  your  fathers,  for  ye 
[will  be  destroyed.  ; 

12  Even  as  the  wickedness  of  the  war,  which  the 
[great  Sanhedrim  have  made    against  the  king  cannot 
prosper,  so  shall  ye  fall  a  prey  to  the  folly  thereof. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the  husbandmen  heard 
these  smooth  words,  maqir  of  them  were  bewildered 

[in  their  minds,  and  knew  not  what  to  do. 

14  So  when  the  young  men,  who  had  flocked  to  the 
banners  of  Alexander,  came  down  to  the  water's  edge, 
to  go  into  the  boats,  they  thought  of  the  words  which 
the  enemies  of  Columbia  had  spoken  unto  them ;  and 
they  refused  to  cross  over : 

15  Neither  could  the  persuasions  of  the  chief  captain 
prevail  on  them  all  to  go  into  the  boats;  and  those  whose 
hearts  were  willing  were  not  enough.  v^;i/  v.  • 

16  So  he  was  obliged  to  suffer  them  to  return  totheir 
homes ;  for  his  expectations  were  blasted.  . 

I  y  And  the  army  of  Columbia  went  into  wintcir 
quarters ;  for  the  earth  was  covered  with  snow,  and  the 
waters  of  the  great  lakes,  on  the  borders  of  whic>i 
[they  had  pitched  their  tents,  qrcrc  concealed* 


# 


'm, 


'y<]  -^ 


<P 


HlSTOPwlCAL 


,#l^:' 


*<?> 


CHAP.  XII. 


A. 


ii,  ■ 


\  t 


Cd/iture  of  the  British  aloafi  of  ivar  Frolic,  6/22 
gun»y  by  the  United  States*  sloop,  of  vfar  IVasfi^  •/ 
J  8  ^una*       4 


■  f  •  U      .;  »  T.-  1 


V*     • 


v..   ■>■'•. 


..>]>■■. 


^  OW  the  strong  ships  ^f  war  of  the  kingdom  of 
Great  Britain  were  spread  over  the  whole  face  of  iha 
waters  of  the  ocean. 

2  But  few,  indeed,  were  the  vessels  of  Columbia 
ihat  were  fighting  ships  and  carried  the  destroying 
engines. 

3  Howsoever,  early  in  the  morning  of  the  eigh- 
teenth day  of  the  tenth  month,  about  the  sixth  hour, 
being  on  the  sabbath  day,    '-:  ■ 

4  One  of  the  ships  of  Columbia,  called  the  Wasp» 
the  name  of  the  captain  whereof  was  Jones,  a 
valiant  man,  discovered  afar  ofTone  of  the  strong  ships 
of  the  king. 

5  Now  the  the  ship  of  Britain  was  mightier  than 
the  ship  of  Columbia  ;  she  was  called  the  Frolic,  and 
the  captain's  name  was  Whinyeatcs, 

<»  And  they  began  to  utter  their  thunders  about  the 
eieveuth  hour  of  the  day,  and  the  noises  continued  for 
more  than  the  space  of  half  an  hour  ; 

7  When  the  Wasp,  falling    upon  the   Itrdiic,  and  | 
getling  cTitunglcd  therewith,  the  men  struggled  !tQgc« 


READER. 


41 


ihcr ;  and  the  mariners  of  Columbia  overpowered 
the  marinera  of  Britain. 

8  So  it  came  lo  pass,  that  the  Frolic  became  cap* 
tive  to  the  ship  of  Colunibia. 

9  And  the  slain  and  the  wounded  oi  the  king's  ship 
were  about  four  score. 

10  And  the  children  of  Columbia  lost,  in  all,  about 
hulf  a  score  :  howbcit,  there  was  much  damage  done 
to  both  vessels. 

1 1  Nevertheless,  about  this  time,  a  mit^hty  ship  of 
Britain,  culled  the  Puictiers,  came  upon  the  vessels, 
which  were  in  a  defenceless  situ:ition,  and  took  them 
both,  and  commanded  them  to  go  to  the  island  of  the 
kinp:,  which  is  called  Bermuda. 

12  However,  the  people  of  Columbia  were  pleas- 
ed with  the  noble  coniiuct  of  Jones,  and  for  his  va- 
liant acts  they  gave  him  a  sword  of  curious  work- 
manship. 

13  Moreover,  while  he  remained  at  Bermuda,  the 
inhabitants,  the  servants  of  the  kinj^,  treated  him 
kindly;  and  showed  much  re  spect  for  him  and  his 
ofUcers  that  were  made  captive. 


42 


IIISTOIIICAL 


Mii 


til  I 


CHAP.  XIII. 

Cafifure  of  the  Brttfsh/rtffaie  Macedonian^  hy  Com, 
Drcaiur,  in  the  frigate  United  States^—Briff 
Vixen  ca/itured  by  the  Britishfrigate  HoutUimfiton, 


I 


h 


'  \ 


I '  i 


\\i 


-f 


pJ  OW  it  happened,  on  the  twenty-fifih  day  of  the 
tenth  month,  in  the  first  year  of  the  war,  that  a  cer- 
tain strongf  ship  of  Britain,  that  liad  prepared  herself 
to  fight  a  ship  of  Columbia,  appeared  upon  the  wa- 
ters of  the  mighty  deep. 

2  And  she  was  commanded  by  a  valiant  captain, 
whose  name  was  Carden,  and  the  name  of  the  sliip 
was  the  Macedonian. 

3  And  on  the  same  day  she  met  one  of  the  strong 
ships  of  Columbia,  the  name  of  the  captain  whereof 
was  Decatur,  and  the  vessel  was  called  the  United 
States 

4  Now  D.  catur  was  a  man  who  had  never  known 
fear  ;  and  the  good  of  his  country  was  the  pride  of 
his  heart. 

5  And  when  he  came  towards  the  vessel  of  the 
king,  he  used  no  entreaty  wiih  his  men,  for  they  all 
loved  him,  and  the  mot. on  ot  His  finger  was  as  the 
word  of  his  mouth. 

6  So  when  the  ships  came  nigh  urto  one  anotlcr 
thtir  thuiulcra  were  ireniChdous,  and  the  smoke 
thcreui  Wiib  as  a  black  ciuud. 


f  : 


11 


READER; 


43 


7  Kcvertheless,  in  the  space  of  about  ninety  min- 
utes, the  sjirong  ship  of   Britain  struck   her  reel  flag 

to  the  snipes  of  Columbia. 

8  Now  the   Macccloniun  was  a  new  ship,  and  she 

gat  much  damaj^e. 

9  But  the  United  States,  like  the  companions  of 
Shadrach,  moved  unhurt  upon  the  waters  ;  nay,  even 
her  wings  were  not  sino-ed.  -»''.^ 

10  And  the  slain  and  the  wounded,  of  the  ship  of 
the  kinp;,  were  five  score  and  four. 

1 1  And  tlicre  fell  of  the  people  of  Columbia  five 
who  were  slain  outright,  and  there  were  seven  maim- 
ed : 

12  Moreover,  the  ship  of  Britain  had  seven  of  the 
stolen  men  of  Columbia  therein,  who  were  compel- 
led to  fi(=;ht  against  their  brethren  j  and  two  of  them 
were  slain  in  battle. 

13  And  when  Carden  came  on  board  the  ship  oF 
Colunibia,  he  bowed  his  head,  and  offered  to  put  his 
sword,  of  curious  workmanship,  into  the  hands  of 
Decatur. 

14  But  Decatur  said  unto  him,  Nay,  thou  hast  de- 
fended thy  ship  like  a  valiant  man  ;  therefore,  keep 
thy  sword,  but  receive  my  hand. 

15  So  they  sat  down  and  drasik  wine  togethrr ;  foi* 
the  spirits  of  brave  men  mingle  even  in  the  tim-  of 
warfare. 

16  And  after  they  bad  eaten  and  dr^.nk,  Carf^'u 
opened  his  mouth,  for  he  was  troubled  in  his  uiir;!,, 
and  spake  unto  Decatur,  sayin.e; : 

17  Lol  if  this  ihintj  wiiich  hath  happened  be  known 
unto  the  kinff,  th:U  one  of  the  vessels  of  Britain  I  .  'h 
struck  her  11  .u^,  and  become  captive  to  a  vessel  oi  tx\^ 


% 


ri 
Jiui 


.'■ 


m 


; 


if 


44 


HISTORICAL 


\':A 


United  States,  what  shall  he  done  unto  the  captain 
thereof  ?  (or  such  a  thiniJc  hath  not  been  heard  of 
among  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

18  And  Decatur  anbwered,  and  spake  unto  Car- 
den,  saying,  Veiily,  thou  ait  deceived,  neither  will 
harm  happen  unto  thee. 

19  For,  lo  !  it  came  to  pass,  about  three  score 
days  ago,  that  one  of  the  strong  ships  of  the  king,  thy 
muster,  the  name  whereof  was  called  Guerricro,  foil 
an  easy  prey  to  one  of  the  strong  ships  of  Columbia  ; 
and  they  burnt  her  with  lire  upon  tljc  waters. 

20  Now  when  Carden  heard  these  words,  his  heart 
leaped  with  joy  ;  for  he  dreaded  the  frowns  of  the 
king,  and' he  was  glad  that  he  stood  not  alone  in  the 
thing. 

21  After  this,   in  the  eighteen  hundred  and  thir- 
teenth   year  of  the  christian  era,  on  the  first  day  of 
the  first  month  of  the  same   year,  and  on  the  sixth 
day  of  the  week, 

22  The  ship  United  States  and  the  siiip  Macedo- 
nian came  into  the  haven  of  New-York,  having  pass- 
ed a  certain  dangerous  place  called  llell-gate  :  and 
ihere  was  a  heavy  fog  that  day. 

•■23  And  there   were  great  rejoicings  in  the  city  of 
New-York,  and  iliioug'iout  the  land  of  Columbia. 

24  Moieovcr,  there  was  a  sumj)tuous  dinner  given 
to  Isaac,  Decatur,  and  Jones,  in  honor  of  their  valiant 
deeds;  and  the  number  of  he  gutsts  were  about 
five  hundred. 

25  And  the  inhabitants  of  New-York  made  a  great 
feast  on  the  ninth  day  of  the  month,  for  the  biavc 
mariners  that  wrought  in  the  ship  of  Columbia. 

26  And  they  became  merry   with   the  drinking  o» 


■'mf^:.\-mka>m>^*. 


■■-  i. 


READER. 


45 


been  heard  of 

ke  unto   Cap- 
>  iieitljer  will 


wine;  after  which  ihcy  departed  and   went  into  a 
house  of  mirth  and  guic.y.* 

27  Now,  it  is  written  in  the  words  of  Solomon, 
whose  wisdom  hath  not  been  excelled,  that,  there  is 
a  time  to  w(?ep,  and  a  time  to  rt  joice. 

28  Not  many  days  after  those  tliinp^s,  it  came  to 
pass,  that  the  hearts  of  tlie  lords  and  counsellors  of 

Britain  were  rt  joiced. 

29  For  a  certain  mii^hty  ship,  called  the  South- 
ampton, fell  upon  a  smaller  vessel  of  the  Unircd 
Statt  s  t  and  made  capture  thereof  uhto  the  kiiij*-. 

30  IJuttiie  storm  arose,  and  the  se.i  b<  at  ui>oii  the 
vessels,  and  they  were  cast  away,  and  they  parted 
asunder,  upon  an  island  which  lieth  fur  to  the  south, 
and  both  vessels  were  lost. 


*    Theatre. 

t  Umtfd  Siates*  On's"  Vixen^  1 2  guna^  G.  W,  Reed, 

commander. 


le  a  g;rcat 
the  biavc 
ibia. 
inkir.p-  o^ 


6  ^ 


f 


4& 


HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  XIV. 

Affairs  in  the  nouh — skirmishes — balfle  of  French- 
tonvn^  on  the  river  Raisin-— -ca fit ure  of  Gen.  Win- 
9h€9ter*s  armij-^massacre  of  American  Jnittonem, 


dV\ 


TS  OW  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  wickedness  of  Bri- 
tain had  roused  up  the  spirit  of  Satan  in  the  savages 
of  the  forest,  in  the  north,  and  in  the  west. 

2  And  the  tomahawk  and  the  scalping-knife  were 
raised  against  the  people  of  Columbia  on  the  borders 
of  the  great  Ukes. 

S  So  the  people  sought  after  a  valiant  man  to  go 
against  the  savages  and  the  men  of  Britain. 

4  And  they  pitched  upon  a  certain  governor  of 
one  of  the  states  in  the  west,  whose  name  was  Har- 
rison,* and  the  great  Sanhedrim  made  him  chief 
captain  of  the  army. 

5  Moreover,  he  was  beloved  by  the  "people,  and  a 
mighty  host  of  husbandmen  were  ready  to  follow  af- 
ter him. 

6  And  Harrison  rested  his  army  at  the  strong  hold 
of  Meigs,  nigh  ihe  Miami  Rapids,  which  li«nh  in  the 
"Way  journeying  towards  the  strong  hold  of  Maiden, 
wliich  is  in  the  province  of  the  king  ;  wliither  he  in- 
tended to  go  forih  in  the  pleasant  season  of  the  year. 

•  J^IaJ,  Gen,  yV%  H,  Harrison^  Governor  of  Ohio* 


<>^ 


'^.r 


RE\DER. 


47 


7  Ami  Winchester*  was  another  chief  captuin  that 
went  against  the  savages. 

8  Now  the  savages  had  been  a  sore  thorn  in  the 
side  of  the  people  of  Colun»bia. 

9  They  had  assailed  the  liold  which  is  cjillcd  after 
a  chief  captain,  whose  name  was  Dearborn,  and  ilicir 
numbers  overpowered  it,  and  they  used  deceit,  and 
pni  to  death  the  men,  and  the  women,  and  the  infants 
that  were  found  in  the  hold,  after  they  had  become 
captives,  save  about  half  a  score. 

10  And  their  bowlings  along  the  dark  forest  were 
more  terrible  than  the  wild  wolf,  and  their  murder- 
ous cunning   more  dreadful  than  the  prowling  tiger. 

1 1  And  the  servants  of  the  king  gave  them  to 
drink  of  the  strong  waters  of  Jamaica,  well  know- 
ing that  they  loved  it  as  they  did  their  own  souls. 

12  These  were  the  allies,  the  messmates,  the  com- 
panions of  the  soldiers  of  Britain  !  hired  assassins. 

13  However,  about  this  time  there  were  many 
brave  captains  of  the  people  of  the  United  States  that 
went  against  them, 

14  Even  Russ'.;I,  and  Hopkins,  and  T upper,  and 
Campbell,  and  Williams,  and  others,  who  drove  t'le 
red  SAVages  before  them. 

15  And  burnt  their  villages,!  and  laid  waste  their 
habitations,  and  slew  many  of  them  ;  for  it  i^  written 
in  the  holy  scriptures,   Hlood  for  blood  ! 

16  Veverttieless,  they  treated  the  savage  prisoners 
who  fell  into  their  hands  kindly  ;  ntiiher  suffered 
they  tlie  people  to  buff  ;t  them. 

17  l-ut  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  twcntv-secor>d  day 


*  Bng-    Gen.    IVincht^sfcr. 
t  loivns  on  the  Waba^lu 


;i>S 


V*'i. 


-/f-^  , 


fCi   ) 


■;i 


\ 


:i 


ni 

h 


V 


t 


#• 


HISTORICAL 


of  t!je  first  month,  that  a  mi;j;hty  horde  of  savat^cs 
and  servants  of  the  kinj^,  fell  upon  the  urmy  of  Win- 
chester the  chief  captain. 

1 8  And  it  was  about  the  dawning  of  the  day,  when 
the  desiroyiiig  engines  opened  their  fires. 

19  And  the  place  where  the  battle  was  fought  was 
called,  in  the  vernacular  tongue.  Trechtown,  which 
lietli  on  the  south  side  of  the  llivcr  Raisin,  nigh  unto 
Lake  Erie. 

20  Now  the  name  of  the  chief  captain  of  the  army 
of  IJriiain  was  Procior,  and  he  proved  himself  a  wick- 
ed man.  and  his  name  is  dispisedeven  unto  this  day. 

21  And  when  the  battle  waxed  hot,  and  they  be- 
gan to  rush  one  upon  another  wih  great  violence, 

2  I  'I'he  small  band  of  Columbia  fought  desperate- 
ly, and  the  slaughter  was  dreadful;  and  the  pure 
snow  of  heaven  was  sprinkled  and  stained  with  the 
blood  of  men  ! 

23  Nevertheless,  the  people  of  the  United  States 
where  overcome,  and  their  chiei  captain  made  pri- 
soner. 

24  So  when  Winchester  found  he  was  made  cap- 
tive, and  that  ihere  was  no  hope  for  the  rest  of  the 
men  under  ids  connriand,  he  made  a  league  \\h\\ 
Pioctor,  t!  e  chief  capiam  of  tiie  hobt  of  the  king. 

25  In  the  niiich  Proctor  agree  d  to  vouchsalV  pro- 
tection to  the  captive  men  of  Cohimhia,  from  iiie 
wrath  of  the  savages,  whom  he  hiid  innauied. 

25  Now  the  number  of  tlie  men  ol  Columbia  that 
fell  into  their  i)ands  that  day,  were  about  five  hun- 
dred ;  and  the  .'-lain  ahd  wuUiided  ubuut  an  iiunclivcl 
two  bcore  and  iCa, 


■■'^■'/ 


READKU. 


49 


27  And  the  number  of  t!ic  savap;0R  nnd  ihr  men 

of  Bi'ii.iin  wlio  fell  in  baiile  lliai  (lav  were  m  luy. 

28  And   l*roclor   removed    the  captives  u.iio  \he 

strong  hold  of  Maiden,  vviiich  llclh  upon  the  opposite 
bide  of  the  river,  in  the  province  of  the  kinij^. 

29  But,  in  the  cruelty  of  his  heart,  he  Icii  the  sick, 
the  wounded,  and  the  dying  lo  Ihc  mercy  of  Ihe  bu- 
vages  of  the  wilderness  I 

30  In  this  thinc^  he  transr^vesscd  the  word  he  had 
pl'dged,  uhich  ib  evil  in  the  sig!iiof  the  Lord. 

SI  Oil  I  for  a  veil  to  hide  in  uti;;r  darkness  the 
horrid  deeds  of  that  awful  day,  that  they  niighi  not  be 
handed  dowu  to  lUc  childrcii  of  mciij  in  ihc  times  {o 
come.  •    1         .  jw 

32  Lo  !  early  in  the  mornin;^  of  the  next  day,  ere 
the  bun  had  risen,  the  work  of  death  bt- gan  ! 

33  Behold  the  sullen  savage,  with  deadly  rage, 
drag  forth  the  bhivering  soldier  over  the  blood-sudn- 
ed  snow,  fainting,  bleeding  with  his  wounds,  and  iui- 
ploring  on  his  knees  for  mercy,  -      - 

34  Alas  1  the  savage  heedtth  not  his  words  ;  but 
giveth  him  a  blow  with  the  hutchet  of  death.       \     , 

35  For  have  not  the  counsellors  of  Britain  said| 
For  this  will  we  give  unto  you  silver  and  gold  ? 

36  Tlius  were  the  poor  wounded  prisoners  of  Co. 
lunibia  slaughtered  in  abundance.  •  "  . 

37  And  Round-Head,  the  chief  captain  of  the  war- 
riors,and  the  savages  under  him, gat  great  praise  from. 
Piocior,  the  chief  captain  of  the  host  of  Briluin,* 


*  Sec  Proclor's  account,  da  cd  Qarbcc,  I'\b.  G;IG  I  j. 


^-r 


i'i    I 


ff^^^yt-s  oft/w  nrittrT'"''''  '''''  '^'^^luctcd  under 
*«  i  n  duavowcd,  ^^"'^''A/  ;  t/u9jac(  has  uevcr 


T-T' 


y-^' 


llEADI'R. 


61 


ClI  \P.  XV. 

Cafitnrc  nf  the  Britifih  frii^atc  Java,   bij  the    United 
iitatea' Jvii^utc  Conmiiiitioji, 


In  the  twelfth  month  of  the  first  year  of  the  decree 
of  the  great  Sunhedrim,  on  the  twenty  and  ninth  iUy 
of  the  month, 

2  It  cume  to  pass,  that  one.  of  the  stronr^  ships  of 
the  kincj  hud  approached  the    couniiy  of  the    south 
vhich  lieth  many  thousand  miles  off. 

3  And  the  ship  was  called  Java,  after  one  of  (!^c 
sweet  scented  islands  of  the  east;  wiiere  the  p()p}ty 
flourishes,  where  the  heut  of  the  sun  is  ;.i  iiin(hint, 
and  where  the  Uohon  Upas  emits  itsdctdiy  ])oihon. 

4  Moreover,  she  carried  about  four  hundred  ar/d 
fifty  men,  and  a  governor,*  and  many  utlicers  and  sol- 
diers of  the  king  ;  and  she  was  well  prepared  lor 
battle. 

5  And  Lambert  commanded  the  ship  of  Britain, 
and  he  was  a  brave  and  valiant  man. 

6  So  as  he  passed  aloufj,  nigh  unto  the  coast  of 
Brazil,  where  the  sun  casteth  tlie  shadow  of  a  man 
to  th«-  south  at  noon  day  : 

7  (A  place  unknown  to  the  children  of  Israel,  in 
the  days  of  Moses,)  -s^- 

8  Lo  !  one  of  the  tall  ships  of  Columbia,  even  the 


*  Gov.  Hyslofi  and  suite,  bound  to  B'jnibay, 


^Il 


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IIISTORIAL 


CoDstifutionbrlu  Id  her  vvhrn  she  was  yet  a  fjreat  way 

<;ff',  and  inailo  sii>;nH  unto  her  >vhich  she  answered  not; 

^'"Whicli    caused  the  i^alhint  captain,   whose  sir- 

,nnme    was   IJ.iiiihridi^e,*  to    cast  a  shot  towards  her 

/'    ufu.r  which  she  received  the  iluiiulcr  of  his  dcstroy- 

injj  engines, 

10  And  it  was  about  the  second  hour  after  the  mid- 
d  y,    when  the  sonnd  ot"  the  battle  (h'Uin  Wits  heard. 
I  I    And,   as  they   approached  towards  each  other, 
tl.e  people  shouted  aloud,  and  the  roaring  of  liic  en- 
gines was  (li-eadfiil. 

VI   And  I  he  servants  of  the  king  fought  bravely  ; 
'.r.ar.d  they  held  oiit  to  the  last. 
■JL       13   For  th.ey  were  ashanied  to  let  the  nations  of  the 
'     51  rarih  syy  muo  them, 

"  14  Lo  1  ye,  \v!io  are  the  lords  and  the  'masters  of 
the  inip;luy  fleep,  have  suffered  the  feeble  Yankees 
to  eniH)iier  you.f 

15    Vtieretbrc,  the  slaughter  was  dreadful,  beyond 

ITlCrtSUrO. 

If5  And  I'lc  1)1  icl;  clouds  of  smoke  arose,  and  ob- 
scured the  ri;ys  ot  the  sun,  so  thai  liuy  fowght  in  the 
sh.ade. 

17  And  the  winds  moved  the  vessels  abnut,and  they 
strove  to  avoid  the  b.ids  of  lead,  and  liie  heavy  bails 
of  iron,  th.at  whistled  about  them  in  nudiitudes. 

i8  (Now  these  balls,  which  were  gathered  fiom  the 
Ixnvels  <'f  the  earth,  were  an  iiivchiion  unknown  to 
the  Philistines;  even  Sampson  wisastranger  tothem.) 

19  However,  the  sldp- fought  hard,  for  the  space 
of  about  two  hours,  wlica  tlicir  thunders  ceased. 


*    Co m .   /j.'.  /;;  /;  \'idi!;c . 
t   Jnocreo7j  i\.'o;rt,  bv  'h's    unr.  it  is  hoficd,  is  suf- 
Juii'iUiy  convinced  oj  the  tfiViiiiuiicy  oj  the  ^nwiirans. 


^. 


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20  And  the  ship  of  Britain  hud  become  a  wreck, 
and  the  deck  thereof  was  covered  with  blood  ! 

21  Nevertheless,  the  servants  of  the  king  struck 
not  the  flag  of  liritaia ;  for  they  were  loth  and  heai- 
tilted  : 

22  But  when  Bainbridge,  who  saw  this,  came  down 
upon  theni  a  second  time,  they  humbled  themselves^ 
and  drew  down  the  British  cross. 

23  And  the  slain  and  the  wounded  of  the  king,  that 
day,  were  an  hundred  three  score  and  ten ;  ^ 

34  And  those  of  the  people  of  Columbia,  were 
about  thirty  and  four. 

25  Moreover,  Bainbridge,  the  captain  of  the  ves- 
sel of  the  United  Slates,  was  sorely  wounded. 

26  And  Lambert,  the  captain  of  the  ship  of  the 
kinp^,  was  wounded,  even  unto  death, 

27  Now  when  the  servants  of  the  king  were  taken 
from  the  wreck,  and  meat  and  drink  sat  before  them, 
that  they  might  be  refreshed,  they  partook  thereof, 
and  were  thanktul. 

29  And  on  the  second  d;»y,  Bainbridge  put  a  match 
to  the  bluek  dust  that  remained  in  the  ship,  and  she 
burst  asunder,  anil  rent  the  air  with  a  loud  noise. 

29  And  the  fragments  thereof  were  spread  upon 
the  waters  round  about. 

30  And  the  fish  of  the  sea,  even  the  mighty  whales, 
fled  from  the  noise  of  the  explosion. 

3  I  However,  the  ('onstitution  escaped  not  unhurt, 
for  she  was  much  wounded  in  her  tackling. 

32  So,  when  Bainbridge  came  into  the  haven  of 
St  Salvador,  which  lieih  farther  to  the  south,  he  gave 
the  men  of  Briidin,  whom  he  had  m  de  captive,  li- 
beriy  to  go  home  to  the  king,  their  uiaster.       "    '.*^: 

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33  But  when  the  tidings  thereof  reached  the  palace 
of  the  king,  the  lords  and  the  princes  and  the  rulers 
of  Britain  were  confounded. 

34  Their  spirits  sunk  within  them :  astonishment 
seized  the  tyrants  of  the  ocean. 

35  The  smile  of  joy  had  departed  from  their  coun- 
tenances, and  the  gloom  of  despair  hovered  around 
them. 

36  The  wise  men  and  the  orators  were  mute  ; 
they  gaped  upon  one  another,  and  wisi  not  what  to 
say. 

37  But  the  people  of  Columbia,  from  the  north  to 
the  south,  were  jjladdened;  and  bestowed  great 
honor  and  praise  on  Bainbridi^e  the  captain. 

38  Even  the  great  Sanhedrim  of  the  people  re- 
joiced with  great  joy. 


READER. 


5S 


astonishment 


CHAP.  XVI. 

Com.  Podq-era*  return  from  a  second  cruisf-^cafiture 
of  (he  U.  States*  dri^  Viper — the  General  Arm- 
atrojitf  and  a  British  friisacc — Jwivateerin^, 


T^  OW  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  beginning  of  the  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirteenth  year  of  the 
Great  Founder  of  the  Christi^'n  sect, 

2  That  a  strong  ship  of  the  ved  States,  called 
the  President,  commanded  by  Aodgers,  returned  a 
second  time  to  the  land  of  Columbia. 

3  And  while  she  was  upon  the  waters  of  the  great 
deep,  she  fell  in  with  one  of  the  packets  of  the  king 
called  after  the  swift  flying  bird*  of  the  air,  and  made 
capture  thereof.  '  /! 

4  Aiid  in  the  ship  Rodgers  found  abundance  of 
wealth  even  an  hundred  sixty  and  eight  thousand 
pieces  of  silver. 

5  And  it  was  carried,  with  many  horses,  to  a  place 
of  safe  keeping,!  in  the  town  of  Boston,  which  iieth 
to  the  east.         •' 

6  Moreover,  he  made  capture  of  another  ship  of 
the  king,|  laden  with  oil  and  bones  of  the  great  fish 
of  the  deep. 

7  Now  it  happened,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  the 
first  month  of  the  same  year,  , 

8  That  one  of  the  weak  vessels  of  the  U.  Stateb|! 

»  ^T.'allovj,  t  £ank  of  Bouon.  \  Hhiji  Argo.  |)  Viper. 


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became  a  prey  to  one  of  the  strong  ships  of  the  king, 
Galled  the  Narcissus  :  albeit,  she  fought  not. 

9  About  this  time  the  vreat  waters  of  the  Chesa- 
peake, which  empty  into  the  sea,  were  guarded  by 
the  strong  ships  of  the  kint^,  so  that  the  vesaels  might 
not  arrive  or  depart  therefrom. 

10  But  the  vessels  of  the  United  States,  and  the 
private  vessels  of  the  men  of  Columbia,  were  doing 
great  damage  unto  the  commerce  of  Britain,  even 
in  her  own  waters. 

1 1  And  the  number  of  the  private  vessels,  that 
moved  swiftly  over  the  face  of  the  waters,  and  went 
out  to  despoil  the  commerce  of  Britain,  and  to  cap- 
ture the  nferchant  vessels  thereof,  wasubjutiwo 
hundred  two  score  and  ten.  "  ' 

12  And  they  made  capture  of  more  than  fifteen 
hundred  of  the  vessels  of  the  people  of  Brirair,.  • 

1.1  Moreover,  there  was  a  sore  tattle  between  one 
•f  the   privvite    armed  vessels  of  the  people  of  the 
United  States,  and  a  strong  sltip  jf  the  king.f 
*    14  The  privateer  was  called   the  General   Arm- 
strong, and  the  name  ofihe  captain  was  Guy.| 

15  Now  Ciuv  was  a  valiant  num,  and  fear  was  a 
stranger  to  him.  .     .    •  - 

16  And  on  the  eleventh  day  of  the  third  month  he  * 
copied  from  afar  a  vessel  wliich  appeared  as  a  speck 
upon  the  waters. 

17  But  when  he  bore  down  upon  her,  behold  !  she 
was  a  fighting  slup  of  Biitain,  carrying  the  de^iroy.^ 
ing  engines. 


*  During  the   rmr.         f  ^  Britiahfrii^ate. 
\    iupt.    C/uim/Uir,: 


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18  And  Guy  wa?  near  beiiig   entrapped,   for  he 
was  deceived,  ihinkinj^  it  w^s  a  merchant  vessel. 

19  Therefore,  he  was  compelled  to  fight ;  so  he 
opened  upon  the  vessel  of  the  king,  one  of  his  mis- 
chievous engines  called,  in  the  vernacular  tongue, 
Long-Tom. 

20  And  tliey  fought  hard,  and  the  noi%e  of  the  en- 
gines was  very  great. 

2  I  And  the  bulls  of  lead  and  iron  showered  around 
like  hail-stopics  :  for  the  sirong  ship  of  Brituin  had 
them  in  abundance. 

22  Now  the  slaughter  was  dreadful  on  both  sides^ 
and  Guy  was  on  the  point  of  making  capture  of  the 
•hip:  but  he  received  a  wound,  and  his  vessel  was 
diasbled,  so  he  made  good  his  escape. 

23  And  the  slain  and  the  wounded  of  Guy  were 
twenty  and  three,  and  the  vessel  of  the  king  lost  about 
twice  that  number. 

2  4  Now,  for  this  valiant  act,  Guy  gat  great  honor 
and  the  people  gave  him  a  sword  of  fine  uorkiUvMiship. 

25  Moreover,  the  Saratoga,  the  Scourge,  rhe 
Chciusseur,  and  many  other  private  vcbteif  of  tiie 
people  of  the  United  States,  were  a  grievoua  p'ague 
to  the  servants  of  the  king  ; 

26  Inasmuch  as  some  of  them  n;ade  sport' with 
the  mighty  blockade  of  Briti-n,  which  she  put  forth 
against  the  free  people  of  the  land  of  Columbia. 

27  For  when  they  came  nigh  unto  the  coast  of 
Biira'in,  they  made  capture  aijd  burnt  the  vessels  of 
the  king,  that  carried  rich  incichandise,  costly  jew- 
els, and  bilver  and  gold.  t'^^ '■^~" 

28  Vea,  ever,  in  tlicir  own  waters,  andin'lhe  sight 
of  their  own  havens,  did  they  do  these  things. 

7  *  ■    '-'^'/y::-r 


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IIISTORTCAL 


?9  For  it  happened  that  the  cunninj*  Yankees 
knew  how  to  construct  the  swifi-sailinp;  vessels,  that 
they  out-van  the  strong  vessels  of  Britain. 

SO  And  as  the  ships  of  Britain  moved  but  slowly 
on  the  waters,  so  they  cauj^ht  them  not 

31  Wherefore  the  artificers,  the  mechanics,  and 
those  who  deal  in  merchandise,  raised  their  voi<  es 
to  the  great  council  of  Britain,  saying,  "r^o 

32  Lo  !  are  we  not  the  faithful  servants  of  the 
king,  our  master  ?  have  we  not  given  unto  him  the 
one  half  of  our  whole  substance  ?  and  shall  these 
Yankees  take  from  us  the  remainder  ? 

S3||[ath  not  ilu;  king  a  thousand  ships  of  war  I 
and  wherefore  should  we  be  hemmed  in  ?  v;#  -^ 

34  Lo  !  our  merchant  vessels  are  idle  !  neither 
can  we  pass  in  safety  even  unto  the  land  of  Hibeniia, 
■which  lieth  nigh  unto  us. 

35  And,  behold,  tl  e  capt^iin  of  a  private  armed 
vessel  of  the  Yatikces,  in  derision  of  thr  proclama- 
tion of  our  lord  the  king,  hath  proclaimed  the  island 
of  Great  Britain  and  her  dependencies  in  a  state  of 
rigorous  blockade  ;  saying.  Lo  !  I  have  the  power  to 
hem  ye  in. 

36  Therefore,  let  the  counsellors  of  the  king  pon- 
der these  things,  and  let  the  strong  ships  of  Britain 
drive  the  vessels  of  Columbia  from  our  coast. 

37  Now  the  wise  men  of  Biitain  heard  those  things 
with  sorrow  ;  and  they  spake  one  to  another  concern- 
ing the  matter : 

V  38  But  they  wist  not  what  to  do  ;  for  the  cunning 
of  the  captains  of  the  fast  sailing  vessels  of  f  olum- 
bia,  surpassed  the  wisdom  of  the  lords  of  Britain.  • 


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59 


CHAP.  xvrr. 


ICa/ifurc  andburnius  of  Ot'dembur^h  by  the  Brithk. 


J  V  these  chys  the  war  against  Columbia  was  waged 
[with  jj^reat  violence, 

2  And  the  firr-clad  savages  prowled  in  secret  pla- 
ces and  fell 'upon  t'te  helpless.  * 

3  *  They  hid  themselves  in  the  wilderness;  they 
couched  down  as  a  lion ;  and,  as  a  your.g  lion,  they 
witched  for  their  prey.* 

4  The  tall  and  leafless  trees  of  the  forest  brnt  to 
the  strong  winds  of  the  north  ;  and  the  sound  there- 
of was  as  the  roaring  of  mighty  waters, 

5  Moreover,  the  face  of  the  earth  was  covered 
with  snow,  and  the  water  of  the  rivers  vvas  frozen. 

6  And  tlic  bordeis  of  Columbia,  nigh  uito  the 
province  of  the  kin<r,  were  exposeo  lo  the  trans- 
gicbsions  of  the  enemy. 

7  And  the  soldiers  of  the  king  came  in  abundance 
from  the  island  of  Britain,  and  piLched  their  tents  in 
th     Cinadian  provinces. 

8  \ccordingly,  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  twentv-se- 
cond  day  of  the  second  month,  being  the  birth-tUiy  of 
Wasliio'^ton,  the  deliverer 

y  I  hat  a  mighty  host  came  out  of  the  province  of 
the  king,  and  went  agaiiist  the  town  of  €^deh6- 
burgh,  and  made  capture  ihereo%>;  . ,  • 


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10  ^m]  there  were  Hve  slain  aiul  ten  VT/umled  of 
the  people  of  Columbia,  and  nhout  three  score  were 
tuken  hv  ihe  servants  of  the  kintif. 

1 1  Moreover,  the  men  of  Brit  in  f^at  much  spoil  ; 
even  a  lari^e  quantity  of  the  black  dubt  fell  into  their 
hands  ; 

12  And  twelve  of  the  destroying  engines,  which 
the  pcopli:  of  Columbia  had  taken  from  the  king*  a- 
bout  forty  years  before. 

13  Also,  three  hundred  tents,  and  more  than  a 
thousand  weapons  of  war  ;  but  the  vessels  and  the 
boats  they  consumed  with  fire, 

14  Now  ()g(lcnshurii:li  was  a  beautiful  village  to 
behold  ;  nev<  rtlcless  thty  burned  it  with  fire,  und  it 
became  a  hcisp  of  ruins. 

15  And  the  women  and  child'-en  looked  for  their 
lionu's,  but  found  them  not ;  and  they  sat  down  in 
sorrow,  for  the  huughiy  conquei'ors  laughed  at  their 
suf^>  rings. 

16  After  which  they  returned  with  their  spoil  to 
Prescott..  from  whence  they  came,  b«  ingon  the  other 
side  of  the  water,  in  the  province  of  the  king. 

'7  And  the  honor  that  wfis  given  to  the  servants 
of  iiritain  that  day  was  as  a  thimble  full  of  water 
spilt  into  the  sea  :  for  they  were  'like  unto  a  giant 
going  out  aguinbt  a  bulrush. 


1 


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CI 


criAP.  XVIII. 

Cafitnre  nf  the  Pcacoik^  of  18  t^ivths  b'j  the  U.  S. 
sloo/i  of  nvar  Hornet,  of  I  6  ^umi — return  of  she 
Chesafteakefrom  a  cruise. 


I  HE  <lcc:1s  of  the  renowned  warriors, the  pj\lriol3, 
and  the  valiant  men  of  Colinubia,  have  prepared  a 
path  for  the  scribe  which  he  is  compelled  to  follow  : 

2  But  as  the  soaring  eagle  moves  to  its  craggy 
nest,  or  the  cooing  dove  to  iia  tender  mate,  so  is  tlie 
compulsion  of  his  heart. 

3  If  the  wickedness  of  Britain  hath  made  nrvanifc&t 
her  folly  ;  if  her  sons  have  sal  down  in  sackcloth  and 
ashes,  the  scribe  looketh  down  upon  her  with  pity 

4  It  is  written  that.  He  who  prideih  himself  in  his 
strength  shall  be  hunibl-d  :  and  the  haughty  shall  be 
brought  low.  •  • 

5  And,  if  the  Lord  hath  smiled  upon  the  arms  of 
Columbia,  let  no  man  tVowii.  •         '*:*  ■:,^i:   ^-^^ 

6  Now  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  eighteen  hundred 
and  tiiirtcenth  year  of  the  christiin  era,  on  the  twci^- 
ty  fourth  day  of  the  second  month, 

7  Tliat  one  of  the  fighting  vessels  of  Cohim])ia^ 
called  the  Hornet,  wiiich  significth  in  the  veriK-cuLu" 
tongue,  a  fly  whose  siing  is  poison, 

8  Movpil  upon  the  waters  of  the  great  deep»  far  to 
the  soui.h,  near  ui.to  a  place  which  is  caikd  Ucniarura. 


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9  Moreover,  ilic  captain  of  the  Hornet  was  a  va- 
liant num,  and  his  name  was  Lawrence. 

10  And  it  was  towards  the  setiin}^  of  the  sun,  wlicn 
lie  came  nij^!>  unto  one  of  the  sirong  shijjs  of  ihe  king, 
c.dl  d  the  I\  acock,  after  the  bird  whose  feathers  are 
beautiful  to  bthold  ; 

1  I    And  tlic  captain  thereof  was  sir-named   Pcakc. 

12  Now  hcp;an  the  roarinj^  noi>»esof  the  mgiues  of 
(lestrnctioii,  drat  opened  their  mouths  at';ainst  one  an- 
ol'ier  ;  and  dreadful  was  the  siau^jhter  of  that  day. 

13  Xeverlhelcss,  in  the  «pace  of  about  the  fourih 
part  of  an  hour,  the  vessel  of  the  kioji;  was  Ctiptuied 
by  the  people  of  Coiunibia. 

14  And  they  found  therein  some  of  the  mariners 
cf  the  United  Slates,  who  had  bcc^ged  th.^t  Ihey 
niij^lu  t;o  down  into  the  hold  of  the  ship,  and  not  rai  ic 
their  hands  ai^ainst  the  blood  of  their  own  brethren  . 

15  I'ut  Pcakr-,  the  commander,  iuffercd  ihtm  not, 
b-ii  compelled  them  to  fight  against  their  own  kins- 
jr.vu  :  and  one  of  them  was  sluin  in  balilc, 

16  And  the  killed  and  maimed  of  the  people  of 
riritain,  wure  about  two  score  and  iwo  ;  and  Peake^ 
the  cii)tain,  was  also  slain  ;  and  the  loss  of  Columbia 
Wt.s  about  five  souls  ! 

17  Moreover,  the  Peacock  sunk  down  into  the 
yawning  deep,  b.fore  they  could  get  all  the  men  of 
Priiain  out  of  her  ;  and  three  of  the  people  of  Co- 
lumbia were  buried  wiih  her,  wliilsi  in  tlic  humane  act 
of  endeavouring  to  preserve  the  lives  of  the  enemy. 

18  Now  this  was  the  fifth  flighting  vessel  of  the 
King  which  had  been  humbled,  since  the  decree  of 
the  great  Saniiedi  im,  before  the  destroying  engines 
oC  the  people  of  Coiundjia. 

19  And  Lawrence,  and  the  brave  men  that  fought 
with  him,  had  honor  and  praise  po\irci.lout  upon  them 
abundaiii'y. 


READER. 


et  was  a  va- 


20  Moreover,  the  people  of  New-York  f^avc  unto 
Lawrence  vessels  of    silver,    with  curious  devices ; 
and  they  miulu  a  fcusi  for  the  men  who  fought  in  the  / 
IloPiet. 

^^\  And  all  the  people  were  exceedingly  rejoiced 
at  the  valiant  acts  of  Lawrence,  and  his  fatiie  extend- 
ed throughout  the  land  of  Columbia:  the  sound  of 
his  name  was  the  joy  of  the  heart. 

22  liut  when  the  news  thereof  reached  the  ears  of 
the  wise  men  of  Britain,  they  said,  La  !  these  mc:n 
are  giants  ;  neither  are  they  like  unto  the  warriors 
of  tlie  king. 

23  And  their  witchcraft  and  their  cunning  are 
darkness  unto  us  ;  even  as  when  a  man  puuctli  a  can- 
dle under  a  bushel. 

24  Behold  !  five  times  hath  the  *  striped  burning* 
of  Culumbia,  triumphed  over  the  royal  cross  of   li.i- 

tain 

25  Now  the  great  Sanhedrim,  who  were  assem- 
bled togetiier,  forgat  not  the  valiant  deeds  of,  the 
mariners  of  Columbia. 

26  For  they  divided  amongst  them  more  than  se- 
venty thousand  pieces  of  silver. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  tenth  day  of  the 
fourth  month,  in  the  same  year,  tliat  the  Chesa- 
peake, a  strong  vessel  of  the  United  States,  arrived 
in  the  haven  of  Boston. 

k8  She  had  sailed  upon  the  face  of  the  rough  wa- 
ters more  than  an  hundred  days,  after  she  dcparicd 
from  the  land  of  Columbia,  and  passed  a  great  way 
to  the  south  : 

29  And  went  hard  by  the  island  of  Rnrbadoes,  pnd 
those  places  in  the  great  sea  ^^hich  encompasseth  the 


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IIIHTORICAL 


worlc),    from  V  hence  ihey   biing   poisoned   waters, 

\vhich  open  llie  W(*nil>ol  the  eailh  to  receive  tlic  un-| 
waty  i:Oiis  ol  nun. 

30  Muri-ovir,  in  nturnint^,  she  came  nij;h  unto 
the  cupcHol  »  jrginia,  where  tne  bweei  sceitied  plant* 
groweth  in  aliU. dance. 

31  And    >\  iiile  she  was  on  the  ocean  she  captured 
a  nuinhcr  of    the    vessclb  of  the  people  of  BrituinJ 
^vhich  weie  laden  will)  rich  uierchunUise, 


CHAP.  XIX. 

Capture  of  little  York^in  Ufifier  Canada — the  dt* 
structv.n  of  the  ni'hole  American  arnnj  prevtnted 
lij  the  precaution  of  Gen,    Pike — hia  death. 


IV  OW,  v'hiht  these  things  happened  in  the  south 
and  tliC  evils  of  war  destroyed  the  life  of  man,  and 
the  smih  s  of  heaven  strengthened  the  arms,  and  lift- 
ed up  the  irlory  of  Columbia  ; 

2   Behold,  pre  pamtions  of  warfare  were  making  on 
the  borders  of  the  great  lakes  of  the  north. 


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READER, 


« 


S  And  the  vessels  of  war  of  Columbia  that  were  up- 
t»n  the  waters  of  the  lake  culled  Ontario,  wcr«  com- 
manded by  a  brave  man?  whose  name  was  Chauncey. 

4  Now  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  the  fourth  month» 
the  army  of  Columbia,  who  were  gathered  on  the 
shore  of  the  lakfii  went  down  into  the  strong  vessels 
of  Chauncey. 

5  And  the  number  that  went  into  the  yesseU  wai 
about  two  thousand.  '  -  " 

C  And  Henry*  and  Zcbulon,  whose  sir-name  was 
Pike,t  were  the  chief  captains  of  the  host  of  Columbia. 

7  On  the  same  day  the  sails  of  the  vessels  were 
spread  to  tlie  winds  of  heaven,  and  they  moved  to- 
wards a  place  called  Little  York,t  in  the  province  of 
Canada. 

8  Howbeit,  the  winds  were  adverse  and  blew  witU 
great  violence  from  the  east. 

9  Nevertheless,  on  the  morning  of  the  twenty* 
seventh  day  of  the  same  month,  the  army  of  Colum* 
bia,  commanded  by  Pike,  the  chief  captaiO}  moved 
out  of  the  strong  ships  of  the  United  States. 

10  But  Henry  remained  on  board  the  vessel  of 
Chauncey,  neither  came  he  to  the  water's  edge. 

1 1  And  the  place  where  the  host  of  Columbia  land- 
ed was  to  the  west  of  the  town,  about  twenty  and 
four  furlongs,  and  from  the  strong  hold  of  the  kinfj^ 
about  ten  furlongs. 

12  The  gallant  Forsyth,  who  led  a  band  of  brave 
men,  wlio  fought  not  for  filthy  lucre's  sake,  went  be* 
fore  the  host. 


f  Major   General  Dearborn.         f  ^rig^  Gen,  Fikft^ 
\  Capital  of  U,  Canada, 


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AS  And.thcii;  weapons  of  %yar  were  of  curious  work- 
manship,* and  they  sent  forth  balls  of  lead  ;  such  as 
were  unknown  to  Pharaoh  when  he  followed  the  Chil- 
dren of  Israel  down  into  the  red  sea. 

14  Now  Zebulon,  with  a  thousand  chosen  men,  fol- 
lowed close  after  Forsyth,  the  wai'>ior. 

Ij  About  thii:  time  the  savages  and  the  servants 
of  the  king^,  even  a  great  multitude,  opened  their  en- 
gines of  destruction  without  mcrc}-. 

16  And  from  the  forest,  and  the  secret  places, 
their  balls  were  showered  like  unto  hail-stones,  and 
the  sound  thereof  was  as  sharp  thunder. 

17  And  a  man,  whose  name  was  SheafTe,  was  the 
chief  captaiii  of  the  hgsl  of  Britain. 

18  Now  the  destroying  engines  of  the  strong  hold 
of  the  king  issued  fire  and  smoke  with  a  mighty  noise 
and  shot  at  the  vessels  of  the  United  States. 

19  But  Chauncey  returned  unto  them  four-fold  ; 
and  the  battle  wi^xed  hot,  hoih  on  the  land  and  on  the 
water. 

20  And  the  men  of  Columbia  rushed  forward  with 
ilerceness,  and  drove  the  men  of  Britain  from  their 
strong  hold. 

-  31  So  they  fled  towards  the  town  for  safety,  for  they 
\ycre  overcon.'? ;  and  the  savages  were  smitten  with 
fear,  their  loud  y^llings  ceased,  and  their  feet  wer© 
light  as  the  wdd  roe ; 

22  Nevertheless,  the  men  of  Columbia  shouted  a- 
Xoud,  and  sounded  their  trumpets,  their  cymbal,^  and 
their  noisy  drums,  which  were  contrived  since  the 
days  of  Jeroboam,  king  of  Israel. 

23  And  Zebulon,  the  valiant  warrior,  followed  hard 
(kfter  them ;  and  they  found  no  rest ;  for  they  were 


;  Bi/Ies, 


■-•/ 

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READER. 


sore  pushed,  and  the  phantom  ot*  their  imaginations 
pictured  out  nev7  evils.  ,    .  ,^    ,.    -,,  » 

24  So  when  they  found  they  were  nigh  bch^j^made 
captive,  they  departed  in  haste  from  the  town  and 
from  the  strong  hold  thereof,  save  about  two  score. 

25  Now  when  the  army  of  Britain  was  overthrown  ; 
v/hcn  they  were  compelled  to  flee  from  the  strong 
hold  ;  the  wickedness  of  Satan  entered  into  their 
hearts. 

26  And  they  gathered  together  abundance  of  the 
black  dust  and  fixed  it  in  the  lowermost  part  of  tho 
fort,  below  tlie  walls  of  stone. 

27  Aficr  which  they  put  a  lighted  match  nis»;h  to  itj 
so  that  when  tiie  whole  army  of  Columbia  got  into 
the  hold,  they  might  be  destroyed. 

28  But  the  Lord,  v/ho  is  good,  even  he  who  go* 
verneth  die  destinies  of  /.lan,  permllf-d  k  not. 

29  Now  when  Zcbulon  and  his  army  came  out  of 
the  thick  woods,  in  buttle  array,  to  go  forth  against 
the  strong  hold, 

30  Lo  !  they  saw  not  the  host  of  Britain  ;  but  the 
eye  of  Zebulon  was  as  the  eye  of  an  eagle,  his  strengtti 
&s  the  lion,  and  his  judgment  as  the  wise : 

31  So  he  stayed  his  men  of  war  from  rushing  for- 
ward towards  the  place,  lest  they  might  be  entrap- 
ped :  and  he  caused  them  to  move  along  the  wood 
to  the  right  and  to  the  left.  -  :  -.  2 

32  About  this  time  a  stripling,  from  the  south* 
V^ith  his  weapon  of  war  in  his  ha»d,  ran  up  to  Zebu- 
lon, a»d  spake  unto  him,  saying,  .'    > 

83  Behold  !  a  man  of  Britain  appearethin  tlie  iort ; 
feufTcr  me,  I  pray  thee,  to  slay  him,  for  he  is  busied 
with  the  destroying  engines  : 

34  But  Zebulon  said,  nay ;  we  arc  yet  ci  gr  jat  way 


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HISTORICAL 


35  And  the  yoilng  man  entreated  him  a  second 
time,  saying^)  I  beseech  thee,  let  nic  step  out  before 
the  host  and  slay  him,  lest  the  engine  be  let  loose 
upon  us  ;  then  Zebulon  said  unto  him,  Go. 

36  So  he  ran  out  before  the  army  and  shot  the  man^ 
and  he  fell  to  the  earth  ;  and  it  was  about  a  furlong 
oiF,  and  the  weight  of  the  ball  was  about  the  weight 
•f  a  shekel. 

37  But  as  the  young  man  returned  to  where  the 
army  stayed,  behold!  the  black  dust  in  the  hold 
caught  fire,  and  it  rent  the  air  with  the  noise  of  a 
tiiousand  thunders  : 

38  And  the  whole  army  fell  down  upon  their  faces* 
to  the  earth  ;  and  the  stones,  and  the  fragments  of 
rocks,  were  lifted  high  ;  and  the  falling  thereof  was 
terrible  even  unto  death. 

39  Yea,  it  was  dreadful  as  the  mighty  earthquakej 
which  overtnrneth  cities. 

40  And  the  whole  face  of  the  earth  round  about, 
and  the  army  of  Zebulon,  were  overshadowed  with 
black  smoke ;  so  that,  for  a  time,  one  man  saw  not 
another : 

41  But  when  the  heavy  clouds  of  smoke  passed 
away  towards  the  west,  behold  the  earth  was  covered 
with  the  killed  and  the  wounded. 

42  Alas  !  the  sight  was  shocking  to  behold  ;  as  the 
deed  was  ignoble. 

43  Aboui  two  hundred  men  ros-^  not :  the  stones 
had  bruised  them;  the  sharp  rocks  had  ftillen  upon 
them : 


V*^ 


•  Hoivever  strange  this  may  afifiear-t  it  is  a  fact 
that  the  concussion  of  the  air  firoducaU  that  tj/'ict  an 
nearly  all  taho  fronted  the  ex/]losion% 


^ 


READER.  it 

44  They  were  wedged  into  the  earth  :  their  wea- 
pons of.  war  were  bent  down  into  the  ground  v^th 
them  ;  their  feet  were  turned  towards  heaven  ',  their- 
limbs  were  lopped  off.  ^^-^^        , 

45  But  wlien  those  who  escaped  unhurt  arose  and 
looked  around,  they  beheld  not  their  chieftain ;  he 
hud  fallen  to  the  earth. 

46  A  l)uge  stone  smote  him  upon  the  back,  and 
two  of  his  officers,  (one  of  whom  was  the  gallant 
Fraser^*)  raised  him  up  and  led  him  forth  from  the 
field  of  murder ;  the  one  on  the  one  side,  and  th'5 
other  on  the  other  side. 

47  And  as  they  led  him  away  he  turned  his  head 
around  to  his  brave  warriors,  and  said  unto  them,  G^ 
on  ;  I  will  be  vyilh  you  soon  I  I  am  not  slain. 

48  The  magic  of  his  words  gave  joy  to  their 
liearls ;  for  they  loved  him  'as  they  loved  their  own 
father* 

49  And  with  resistless  force  his  noble  band  rush- 
ed on,  at  the  trumpet's  sound,  over  the  heaps  of  slain 
and  wounded  to  glory,  and  to  triumph  I 

50  And  a  swift  messenger  ran  down  unto  Henry, 
with  these  words  in  his  mouih,  Lo  !  the  right  hand  c.f 
our  army  is  slain  I  its  pride  ia  gone  !  2cbuloa  has 
fallen  ! 

51  Immediately  Henry  departed  from  -the  fleet, 
and  came  to  the  sho^'  and  went  up  and  led  the  host 
of  Columbia  to  the  town  and  took  it.  \  *:*   ;  - 

52  Now  the  slain,  the  maimed  and  the  captives  of 
the  host  of  Britain  that  day,  were  about  a  Uiousand 
fighting  men :  .         *  %: 

53  And  the  loss  of  the  mtn  of  Columbia  waS  about 
three  hundred  slain  and  vvoiuidcd.  '         ,Ai,4V;,  * 

...  -t-.  •U.S.*;' 


Major  Jt'^aicrf  aon  of  Donald  Frascr,  of  A ew- York. 

a  * 


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«l  »* 


,  Jl'I  -  f' 


.        HISTOHICAfc  V    ■ 
S*  And  rfenrr   ih>    f  a       *      *■ 

«  Nevertheless.  Sheaffe    ft  "^'"  """  ''-"y- 

escaped  with  a  handful  „f'  ^^  "^''P"'"  °<'  'he  kin^, 

57b«  "  *"""'•  '"'^  '        '"^  f  *'Snw  of  iJnVuA 

ivilh  deep'so^rorrfoAh^/s ""'  ''•"P'*  *"«  ■"'"e'ed 
«''  Oh !   eanh.  ho»  i         ""  *'='•'=  "'"i"  in  baltle 
"•eat  in  warfare/ i  S,'  f"  '"^  inhabitant,  t-" 
'^«P  for  their  chiJdre^'  ""^  °",'»»''  cea.e  ,o 

husband,  and'tbei    chit    T' '  '^''  ""P  '"»-"-eip 
feee,  no  more  -  '^""  '  ''•«  'hey  shall  see  their 

tu  "of?h:ir  i?,!:'"'  "'  ^°""»W«  »igi.  for  the  re. 

60  Seest  thou   those    i;..i 
disconsolate  mother,   they   e  '  """Z  ."""y  "^  '«  their 

«ear»  started  in   their  eve,     ,1^'"  *"'  ""i".  the 
hear,,  fail,  d  them;  and  thev'h.    '"'"■*  ""««.    heir 

win^:.  ^Mc^tl^^-'^^S  feather  fr,m  her 

f^"  to  .he  earth,  ascc.de/ ."oTr"  ""^'"  -     • 
ae  name  of  ,««.  '°  heaven,  a„d  recorded 


^-J^**^ 


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CHAP.  XX. 


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XH^-r' 


Sketches  of  the  HUtory  of  AmeritA. 


S  ,  v»i   -v 


■    «.. . 


1  hE  voiee  of  many  ycafs  shall  drop  upon  the  chH- 
dren  of  men ;  and  our  children's  children  shall  hear« 
ken  unto  it  in  the  days  to  come.  -; 

2  The  country  of  Columbia  is  a  wide  extended 
land,  which  reacheth  from  the  north  to  the  south, 
Tnore  than  eight,  thousand  miles ;  and  the  breadth 
thereof  in  about  three  thousand. 

3  Moreover  the  name  of  the  country  was  called  af- 
ter the  name  of  a  great  man,  who  was  born  in  a  place 
called  Genoa  ;  being  in  Italia^  on  the  sea-coast. 

4  His  name  was  Chrhtofiher,  sur-  «im<-d  Culumbu^, 

5  As  the  righteous  u^an  stiuggleth  against  w  eked* 
ness,  so  did  he  agiunst  ijjnorance  ^nd  stupility. 

6  Nevertheless,  it  came  to  pass,  ir»  the  fourteen 
hundred  and  ninety  second  year,  of  the  Christian  era> 
that  he  crossed  the  watiers  of  the  mi^^'luy  deep,  a 
thing  that  had  never  been  iiinowri  among  the  ^ons  of 

7  And  the  ptac6'  where  he  land'^d  was  an  island  in 
the  sea.  nit^h  unto  the  continent  of  Columbia,  called 
San  Salv u!or  ;  which,  being  inter^>reted,  tignifinh  a 
pli)'  c  of  safety. 

8  And  the  place  Was  jnh.:bired  by  wild  savages,  and 
they  wn'Mj  nakicl, 

^  No^f  when  the  people  heard  ihat  Columbus  had 

fouud  a  new  land,   they  were  aalouiBiied  beyond  mea- 


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titStORICAL 


sure,  for  it  was  many  thousand  miles  off;  moreovQr, 
some  of  them  strove  to  rob  ikira  of  th.^  honor,  and  he 
was  treated  wronj^fuUy. 

10  But  his  name  was  lifted  lut  above  his  eheraies, 
and  it  shall  not  be  lost. 

l\  Now  the  land  of  Columbia  is  a  iriOst  plenilful 
land,  yielding  gold  and  silver,  and  brass  anvl  iron  auuri" 
dantly. 

12  Likew5',r,  all  manner  of  creatures  iuiich  ^re 
tised  for  foodi  and  Herbs  ond  fruits  of  the  earth  : 

13  From  ihe  red  cherrj-,  nnU  the  rosy  peach  of  the 
north,  to  the  lemonj  and  jc  g:  idcn  oiwnge  of  the 
south. 

14  And  from  the  str:all  inse  ;r,,  th?.;  eheateth  the 
microscopic  eye,  to  'be  huge  mummoth  that  once 
moved  on  the  borders  of  ihe  river  Hudson  ;  on  the 
great  r'^vcr  Ohio  ;  avu!  even  down  lo  the'  country  of 
Patagoiiia  in  the  south. 

15  Now  U»c  height  ot  a  mammoth  is  about  seven 
cubits  and  a  half,  and  the  length  thereof  fourteen  ctl- 
bita  ;  and  the  bines  ther*'?of  being  weighed  are  more 
than  thirty  thoui.^ud  shekels  ;  and  the  lengia  of  th« 
tusks  is  mere  thi;,n  six  cubits. 

16  It  is  !noie  woi.derful  thun  the  elephant;  and 
the  history  iljcreof,  is  it  not  recorded  in  the  book  of 
Jefferson,  tho  scribe  ?• 

17  The  nrccc  tiger  and  the  spotted  leopard  dwell 
In  the  d'irk  forests  ;  and  the  swift  f>oted  deer  upon 
the  mount;!'  "  and  hit;h  places 

18  Now  th<  number  of  iniiabitants  that  are  spread 
over  the  whole  continent,  is  more  than  an  hundred 
xiiitUon. 


•  Jej^ers9n'3  notes  en  Virginia* 


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are 


■"*«. 


READEl^. 


7S 


T;   moreovQT, 
lonor,  and  he 


nost  plennful 
nd  ?:ron  abu<i« 

s  V  (lich  ^re 
earth  : 
peach  of  the 
'  i*nge  of  the 

heateth  the 
h  that  once 
'^n  ;  on  the 
-'  country  of 

about  seven 
"ourteen  ctl- 
ed  are  more 
^S^^  of  th« 

phant;  and 
the  book  of 

>pard  dwell 
deer  upon 

are  spread 
in  'lundred 


i9  Ar.vl  Uie  people  of  Columbia,  ^vh6  are  indepen* 
dent  of  the  tynvntR  of  the  earth,  and  who  dwell  be- 
tween the  greit  riv ::  f  which  is  called  Afistisni/i/il, 
in  the  souU- .  ^^d  »:'.i  province  of  Canada^  in  the 
north,  being  liumbcicci,  are  about  ten  thousand  times 
len  ih!;u3and  souls.*  ' 

20  The  men  are  comely  and  noble,  and  cowar4ic6 

hath   forgot   Vn  1-^ht   upon  them ;  neither  are  they  a 

ij  3\ipcri.citioua  people  ;   they  are   peace-makers,  thev 

kve  the  Gou    f  Uiael,  and  worship  him  j  and  there 

are  no  itl(>laters  amongst  them. 

3 1  The  women  are  passing  beautiful ;  they  are 
like  unto  fresh  lilies  ;  their  cheeks  are  like  wild  ro- 
ses ;  their  lips  as  a  thread  of  scarlet :  nature  hath 
gifted  them  with  Uoman  virtue  and  patriotism  ;  and 
thjy  have  spread  goodness  with  a  plentiful  hand. 

*2ii  Now  it  had  happened  in  times  past  that  the 
king  of  Britain  had  made  war  upon  the  people  of  Co-* 
lumbia,  even  for^y  years  ago. 

23  For  the  riches  and  prosperity  of  Columbia  had 
become  great,  and  the  king  coveted  them. 

24  Arid  the  war  raged  with  the  might  of  Britain^ 
even  in  the  heart  of  the  land  of  Columbia,  for  about 
the  space  of  seven  years,  whrn  Ihe  ar>.iy  <-!' Colunibial 
bec:ime  triumphant ;  neither  could  the  power  of 
Britain  conquer  tie  sons  of  liberty* 

25  Accorriingly  a  part  of  those  who  remained  of 
the  armies  of  Briiai.i  returned  home  to  the  king,  their      ' 
nirister;  but  a  great  number  refu^-^^d  to  reiu-n,  prej,^ 
fi::.i:\v^  a  country   whose  mild   'r/^  are  ^^^UnUy  and!   5' 


<r     i 


% 
ii 


•a^. 


The  iaaC  crnsu»i  in  1810,  stated  the  amount  ai 
i.'iAit  8,000,000,  the  r  t-mbcr  maij  now  jfirobably  be  in* 
"'-eased  to  10,000,000, 


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1  3 

righteously  dispensed,  and  where  the  hard  earnings 
of  industry  are  not  tuken  away  by   the  tax-gatherer; 

26  So    there    was    peace    tiuoughoui  the   United 
States,  and  a  covenant  made  between  the  nations, 

27  But  the  names  of  the    wise  nun  of  the  greatl 
Sanhedrim  in  those  dayd,  and  the  manAvS  of  thouc  whij 
fought  hard  in  battle,    and  spilt  ihcir  blood  in   the 
cause  of  lib  Tty,  are  they  not  wrJtUn  in  the  books  o( 
the  chronicles  of  those  days  ? 

28  Now  the  fatness  of  the  land  of  Columbia  bring- 
cth  people  from  all  nations  to  dwell  therein. 

29  The  people  of  Columbia  use  no  persuasion,  the 
the  sacred  cause  of  Librutt  is  the  star  o^  at- 
traction /  and  the  time  shall  come  when  the  cyc« 
of  all  men  shall  be  opened,  and  the  earth  shall  re- 
joice. 

50  Their  laws  are  >vholesome,  for  the  people  are 
tt.c  lawj^lv^rs,  even  as  it  was  in  the  days  of  Cesar  ; 
Hut  they  know  no  kings. 


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CHAP.  XXI. 


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f 


\^eprcdatdons  in  the  Chesafieake — Havre  de- Grace 
burnt  by  the  Britifih  und<^r  ^idm.  Cockburtj — ut' 
tack  on  Crany  Island— ^Ilam/i ton  taken  by  the 
British-— outrages. 


J^»  OW  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  mighty  fleet  of 
Britain,  which  was  moving  round  about  the  grt^t 
Bay'  of  Chesapeake)  committed"  much  evil  upon  the 
sho.es  thereof. 

2  And  they  rohhcd  those  -who  were  defenceless^ 
and  carded  away  their  fatted  cattle,  their  sheep,  and 
all  those  tilings  which  they  found,  and  put  them  intQ 
the  strotig  ships  of  the  king  J^l 

3  Uoreover,  they  burnt  the  dwellings  of  the  help- 
less with  fire,  a'id  they  accounted  it  £port. 

4  And  the  old  men,  the  little  children,  and  the. 
women,  yea,   the  fair  daughters   of  Columbia,  were  v 
compelled  to  fly  irom  the   wickedness  of  barbarian  p.. 

5  Even  the  small  Tillages  that  rose  beautiful -y  o»i  1, 
the  river  side,   became  a  prey  unto  them,  and   wcret"  * 
consumed  by  men  who  called  themselves  thfi  might  if 
conquerors  of  Ewfie. 

6  They   were  like   hungry    wolvs  that  ?.re  revMV 
satisfied  ;  destruction  and   devas     ,  ..   marked  their 
foots  U;^. 

7  Nc^%    he  ships  o-   .he  kin^  were  ccnmanded  by 
9k  wici     i  man  whose  name  was  Ccckburn. 


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75 


HISTORICAL 


II  r 


8  And  it  was  so  that  on  the  third  day  of  the  fifth j 
month,  in  the  thiity  and  seveii,  .  )  ;; :  'A  the  iiulepen» 
dencc  of  thi*  pe*  pie  of  Coii.a>hi>\, 

9  Cockburn,  fiir-nanied  tha  wicked,  led  forth  a  host] 
of  tlie  bavage  men  oF  Britain,  agidnst  a  pleasant  vil- 
lage called  Havre-de-Grace,  which  lieth  on  the  bor- 
dv.rs  of  the  Susquehanna,  a  noble  river  ;  tifi::,;  *u  ihe| 
stiiie  of  Marybnd 

10  Now   there  wns  none  to  defend  the  place,  save! 
one  man,    whose  jir-nanic    was   O'Nei),    who  came 
fiom  the  land  of  Uibernia,  and  him  they  made  cap- 
tive, 

1 1  And  they  came  as  the  barbarians  of  the  wilder- 
ness :  fierceness  was  iu  their  looks,  'cruelty  was  in 
their  hearts. 

12  To  ihe  dwelling  houies  they  put  the  burning 
brand,  und  pluudtrcd  the  poor  and  needy  williout 
pity  ;  such  wi^,l;edness  was  iioi  done  even  among  the 
Philistines. 

13  The  women  and  children  cried  aloud,  and  fell 
down  at  the  feet  of  the  chief  c.iptain  of  the  king  ;  but, 
alas  I  his  heart  was  like  unto  the  hi  art  uf  Pharaoh; 
he  heard  them  not. 

14  However,  it  came  to  pass,  the  r.xt  du) ,  when 
the  pitiless  Cockburn  had  collected  liis  booty,  and 
glutted  his  savar^e  disposition,  he  Jrparied. 

15  And  on  the  sixth  day  of  tlie  same  month  he 
went  against  other  unprotecred  viilai^es,  which  Vvj  on 
the  river  Sassafras,  called  Frcdi  ricKtown  and 
Georgetown,  and  burnt  tliemabo. 

16  So  did  he  r.turn  to  his  wickedness  as  a  dogf 
retunieth  tr  ''is  vomit. 

17  Now  about  this  time  the  number  of  the  strfn^ 
ftuips  of  Brltam  was  increased,  and  i^reat  inuliiiudc* 
of  the  soldiers  of  the  kini;  cam*;  iviih  thciu  lo  ihc  vva^ 
ters  of  the  Ghesapcakc. 


READER; 


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18  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  twenty-second  day 
of  the  next  month  that  Cockburn,  the  chief  captain 
ef  the  ships  of  Dritainy  essayed  to  go  agdinst  a  small  « 
island,  nigh    unto  Norfolk   in  the  state  of  Virginia, 
called  in  the  vernacular  tongue,  Crany-Island. 

19  And  the  number  of  the  men  of  Britain  t!iat 
went  against  the  island  was  about  five  thousand  ;  and 
they  began  to  get  upon  the  shore  at  the  dawning  of 
the  day. 

20  Near  unto  this  place  a  few  vessels  of -Colum- 
bia, commanded  by  the  gallant  Cassin,  were  hemmed 
m  by  about  a  score  of  the  mighty  ships  of  the  king. 

21  Now  Uie  fighting  vessels  under  Csssin  were 
mostly  small,  and  were  called  gun-boats  and  they 
were  little  more  than  half  a  score  in  number. 

22  Howbeit,   but   a   few   days  before,  they  went' 
ag.\Ii:.t  the  Junon,'  a  strong  ship  of  Britain,  and  com- 
pelled her  to  depai.    from  before  the  mowths  of  th* 
destroying  engines; 

23  But  the  island  ■  ^as  defenceless  ;  and  there 
came  to  protect  it  an  hundred  brave  seamen  from  the 
gun-boats,  and  an  hundred  anti  ufty  valiant  men  from 
the     Constellation,   a   fighting  slap  of  the    United 


States. 


24  And  they  brought  the  destroying  engines  with 
.them,  and  they  let  them  loose  upon  the  vejisels  of  the 
king,  and  upon  the  men  who  were  landing  upon  the 
fchore.  •       •  •  ;-,-^„».v^.  ;••'••■ 

25  And  the  thundering  noise  thereof  astonished 
ihe  servants  of  the  king  ;  for  they  knew  there  was 
but  a  handful  of  men  upon  the  island. 

26  Moreover,  Ltiuin  in  her  folly  had  introduced  a 
pew  instrument   of    destt  uctiori;    Cg^lljid    Congreve 


•  Britiih  Frigate  Junf^n* 
9 


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HISTORICAL 


!*' 


EocketS)  in  honour  of  their  inventor;  and  these 
were  used  in  great  abundance. 

'27  But  they  were  harmless  as  turtle  doveS)  for 
they  killed  not  a  man. 

28  Now  the  men  of  Columbia,  with  their  handi- 
craft) shot  the  balls  of  iron  strait  as  an  arrow  from  a 
bow,  and  thereby  did  much  damage  to  the  servants  of 
the  king. 

39  Inasmuch  as  they  slew  about  t^vo  hundred  of 
the  men  (if  Britain  that  day  ;  and  drove  the  host  of 
them  from  the  ishind. 

30  So  the  mighty  army  of  Britain  fled  in  haste  to 
the  strong  ships  of  the  king  for  safely. 

31  Now  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  the  same  month 
the  army  of  Britain  went  against  a  village  called 
Hampton,  which  lieth  in  the  state  of  Virginia,  and 
took  it 

32  Howbeit,  the  little  band  of  Columbia,  com- 
manded by  Crutchfteld,  fought  hard  against  them. 

•33  NcTcrtheless,  they  prevailed  over  him,  and 
slew  seven  of  his  men,  and  wounded  others,  upon 
which  he  fl'd  ;  for  the  men  of  Britain  were  like  «(h? 
to  a  sw'iim  of  locusts. 

34  lint  the  1)1  )od  of  two  hundred  foyal  invaders 
becume  a  saclficc  to  the  wickedness  of  their  leaders. 

US  Oil  !  Ei»i>laiid  !  that  a  veil  niipht  be  cast  over 
tbv  tr  Nb^r'^iS^Mms  of  t'^ut  dav  :   but  it  cannot  be. 

36  Thy  wickedness  shall  be  written  with  a  pen  of 
iron,  .M-.;    -/lai  loc  poiii'.  .'u  a  nianiond. 

;>7  It  wys  hrre,  even  in  Hcffiiptons  that  thy 
strcnc<th  and  thy  mujesiy  rose  up  against  the  poor, 
thf  sick  and  th  ^  iieedy 

v38  Tr^stead  of  v»rottTting  the  tender  women,  the 
fwre-i'.    '.vrrk  •{    God,    ih.'   life   of  the  world;  be- 


liold  • 


what  hast  thou  done  ? 


V*^. 


READER. 


79 


30  See  !  the  shriekin-^  matron  cast  herself  into  tho 
\f  lUcrs  that  slie  may  escape  thy  brutal  violence  :  but 
all  in  vuin  ;  her  garments  are  torn  from  her;  sho 
becomes  a  prey  to  thy  savage  lust. 

40  Not  she  alono,  but  her  daughter,  and  her  fair 
sisters,  have  fallen  into  thy  unhallowed  hands,  and 
been  defiled  !  * 

41  ()l\,  Ih'itui:) !  the  voice  of  violated  chastity  ri- 
^elh  up  against  tliee  ;  the  mark  of  the  bcabt  is  i.ndcl- 
ibly  printed  in  thy  forehead  : 

42  Even  the  old  and  weak  men  became  victims  of 
thy  barbarity ;  thy  servants  stripped  the  aged  Hope, 
and   buffeted    him  ;  with   the  points  of  their  swords 
did  they  torment  him.  * 

43  Dj  the   groans  of  the    murdered  Kirby  creep 
into  thine  ears  ?  go  thou  and  repent  of  thine   evil, 
and  do  so  no   more:  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts   shall'* 
be  thy  judge  ; 

44  Tiic  t;encrou3  people  of  Columbi:\  may  possi- 
bly forgive  ihy  crimes  ag  linst  them  ;  but  the  remem- 
brance thereof  shall  live  lo  the  end  of  time  j  neither 
shall  they  forget  the  name  of  CQckburn.  ':'>^' 


.  -ik- 


f^' 


V  • 


99 


HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  xxir. 


Rusi{ia7i  medlaiion-^Baijard  and  Gallatin  f^ttilfor  SL 
I'etersburgh^the  British  compelled  to  abandon  thi 
iiege  of  Fort  Meigs, 


X  HE  lofty  eagle  cuttcth  the  air  with  his  wings, 
and  moveth  rapidly  along  ;  the  fish  of  the  deep  glide 
swiftly  through  the  waters  ;  the  timid  deer  bounds 
through  the  thick  forests  with  wonderful  speed  : 

2  But  Imagination  surpasseth  them  all ;  she  ri« 
delli  on  the  fleet  winds ;  she  holdeth  a  stream  of 
lightning  in  her  hand. 

3  In  an  instant  she  flieth  from  the  fror-en  mountain* 
of  Zembla,  in  the  regions  of  the  north,  to  the  burn- 
ing sands  of  Africa  in  the  torrid  zone. 

4  Now  the  sons  of  Columbia  were  peace-makers  5 
ncitlicr  did  their  footsteps  follow  after  warfare. 

5  And,  it  is  written  in  the  holy  scriptures,  Blessed 
are  the  peace-makers,  for  they  shall  be  calkd  the 
fchildr  n  of  God. 

6  So  the  great  Sanhedrim  of  the  people  sent  two 
of  the  W-ije  men  of  Columbia,  the  one  nnmed  Galla- 
tin a  ij  t!.c  other  Bayard,  into  a  distant  country  : 

7  Even  unto  the  extensive  country  of  Russia,  that 
there  they  might  meet  the  wise  men  of  Britain,  and 
heal  the  wounds  of  the  nations,  and  make  peace  wit^i 
one  another. 


i! 


READER. 


t\ 


8  But  the  people  of  Britain  yielded  not  to  the  en- 
treaties of  the  great  Sanhedrim ;  therefore  the  war 
continued  to  rage. 

9  So  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  fifth  day  of  the  fifth 
month,  in  the  pleasant  season  of  the  year  ;  when  the 
trees  put  forth  their  leaves  and  the  air  is  perfumed 
with  the  sweet  scent  of  flowers,  and  the  blue  violets 
besp;ead  the  green  hillocks  ; 

10  That  Harrison,  the  chief  captain,  from  the  westi 
the  brave  warrior,  who  had  entrenched  himself  in  the 
strong  hold  of  iMeigs,  nigh  unto  the  river  Miami* 
sallied  forth  against  the  savages  and  the  men  of 
Britain,  tliat  hemmed  him  in. 

H   Now  there    were  about  a  thousand  soldiers  of 
the  king,  and  a  thousand  savages  tbiit   had   besieged 
the  fort  many  days  ;  and   threw  therein  the  balls  of 
destruction,  and  strove  to  make  captive  the  army  of 
Columbia. 

12  Nevertheless,  Harrison,  and  his  gallant  little 
band,  fought  hard  against  them,  and  drove  them  from 
before  the  strong  hold  with  great  sluughijr.  *r 

13  Likewise,  the  slain  of  Columbia  was  about  hiit 
score,  besides  the  wounded.  ' 

14  Moreover,  the  chief  captain  gave  great  honour 
to  Miller  and  ail  the  captains  and  soldiers  under  him  j 
even  those  called  militia. 

15  And  the  names  of  the  states  called  Ohio  and 
Kentucky  were  raised  high,  by  the  valiant  acts  pf 
their  sons  that  day. 


4-" 


^  '^'^0^ 


H.,-"  ft    t 


82 


HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  XXIII. 


Surrender  of  Fort  George  and  Fort  Fric  to  the  JmC' 
ricans — Gen',   Brown  drives  the    British  from  be- 
fore   Sackett^s    Harbour    with  great   loss — Gens. 
Winder  and  Chandler   made  /irisoners  at   Fort^' 
mile  Cretk. 


!  i 


JN  OW,  on  the  twenty-seventh   day   of  the    sam« 

month,   being  thirty  days  a&er  Zebulon  had  gone  to 
sleep  with  his  fathers* 

2  Henry,  whose  sir-wame  was  Dearborn,  and  Lew- 
is,* the  chief  captains  of  the  army  of  Columbia,  and 
Chauncey  the  commander  of  the  fleet  of  the  United 
States,  that  moved  on  the  waters  of  the  great  laice 
Ontario,  essayed  to  go  against  Fort  George  and  Fort 
Erie,  in  the  province  of  the  king. 

3  For  they  had  previously  concerted  their  plan 
find  matured  it ;  and  taken  on  board  the  ships,  the 
army  of  Columbia,  and  a  number  of  the  destroying 
engines. 

4  And  when'  the  vessels  of  Chauncey  came  nigh 
unto  the  place,  they  let  the  engines  loose  upon  the 
fort,  with  a  roaring  noise. 

5  In  the  meantime  the  irmy  landed  upon  the  shorej 
and  went  against  the  servants  of  the  king. 


^. 


'^'h: 


Gen,  Morgan  Levfi" 


READER. 


83 


6  And  the  men  of  Britain  were  friq;htcnctl  at  the 
sound  of  the  wan'ng  instruments  that  reached  their 
camp,  and  they  fle.l  in  dismay  towards  the  strong 
hold  of  Queenstown. 

7  And  they  destroyed  their  tents,  and  their  store- 
houses, and  put  a  match  to  tlie  black  dust  of  their 
magazines,  and  blew  them  up  into  the  air  :  this  they 
did  even  from  Chippewa  to  Albino. 

fi  Moreover,  the  slain  and  wounded  of  the  king 
were  two  hundred  two  score  and  ten  ;  of  the  men  of 
Columbia  about  three   score  were  slain  and  maimed. 

9  So  the  forts  George  and  Eric  were  captured  by 
the  army  and  navy  of  the  United  States. 

10  And  Henry  and  Isaac,  whose  sir-name  wa» 
Chauncey,  spake  well  of  all  the  captains  and  men 
that  fought  with  them. 

1 1  The  gallant  captains  Scott  and  Forsyth  fought 
bravely  ;  neither  were  they  afraid. 

12  Boyd,  and  M'Comb,  and  Winder,  and  Chandlery 
and  Porter,  and  a  host  of  heroes,   turned  not  aside 
from  the  heat  of  the  battle, 

13  And  here  the  noble  spirit  of  the  youthful  Perry 
burst  forth  into  view  ;  a  man  made  to  astonish  the 
world,  and  shower  down  glory  upon  the  arms  of  Co» 
lumbiu. 

1 4  Now  it  happened  about  the  same  time,  that  the 
strong  ships  of  Britain  moved  towards  the  other  end 
of  the  lake,  to  the  east  thereof,  and  went  against  a 
place  called  Sackett's  Harbor. 

15  The  fleet  of  the  king  was  commanded  by  a  chief 
captain  whose  name  was  Yeo ;  and  Prevostj  the  go- 
vernor of  Canada,  commanded  the  army. 

16  And  on  the  morning  of  the  twenty-ninth  day  of 
the  month,  they  landed  more  than  a  thousand  men  oa 
Uie  shores  of  Columbia. 


^v^ 


>  .1. 


i 


84 


mSTOtilCAL 


ir  Howbcit,  a  certain  valiant  man,  even  Jac6b, 
whose  sir-name  was  Brown,  commanded  the  host  of 
Columbia  that  went  ap;;vinst  (hem  : 

18  And  Jacob,  albeit  a  man  of  peace,*    drove  the 
tncn  of  Britain,  and  compelled  them  to  flee   rapid!/ 
iVom  the  shore,  and  j^^et  them  into  their  vessels. 
'   19  So  Prevost    and    Yeo  returned  to  tho  strong 
hold  of  Kingston. 

20  And  'he  skill  of  Jacob,  in  driving  away  the  sol- 
diers of  the  kinf^,  pleased  the  people,  and  they  ho- 
noured him  greatly. 

2!  Not  many  days  after  these  thinj^s,  there  was  a 
sore  battle  fouijh;,  near  to  a  place  called  Forty-mile 
Creek. 

22  And  it  wa*s  so  that  V.'inder  and  Chandler,  two 
brave  captains  of  the  United  States,,  and  about  fout 
score  men,  were  come  upon  unawares  in  the  dark* 
net>s  of  the  night,  and  made  captive  by  the  servants 
of  the  king. 

23  After  which  they  were  conveyed  to  the  strong 
hold  of  Montreal,  which  lieth  in  the  province  of  Can* 
ada,  on  the  river  St.  Lawrence. 

24  The  ofticers  and  soldiers  of  Columbia  fought 
bravely,  and  there  were  many  slain  and  wounded  on 
both  sides  : 

25  Nevertheless,  the  army  of  the  United  States 
rested  nigh  unto  the  place. 


'€ 


*  Gen.  Broivn  is  a  Quaker, 


even    Jacob, 
2(1  the  host  of 


HEADER. 


S6 


GHAP.  XlLlVj 


Ca/ilure   of  the    Chesafieake — Commodore    Dccatuv 
blockaded  in  /vew-London, 


IN  these  days  the  pride  of  Britain  was  sorely 
wounded;  for  she  had  been  discomfited  upon  the 
Waters  of  the  great  deep ;  and  disappointment  had 
sharpened  her  anp;er. 

?•  2  The  people  of  Columbia  had  triumphed  over  her 
ships ;  and  her  mighty  armiijs  had  gained  no  ho- 
nors. 

^3  Notwithstanding  she  had  made  peace  with  the 
nations  of  Europe,  and  her  whole  strength  was  turned 
against  the  people  of  Columbia. 

4  The  prosperity  of  many  hundred  year*  h^id  flat- 
tered her,  and  she  was  pufPed  up  -^ith  the  vanity 
thereof;  yea,  she  had  forgotten  herself. 

5  So  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  first  day  of  the  sixth 
month,  that  a  certain  strong  ship  of  the  king,  called 
the  Shannon,  appeared  before  the  haven  of  13osto», 
which  lieth  to  the  east.  .    '  '• 

6  And  she  bade  defiance  to  the  vessels  of   Columw-^Jp 
bia;  for  she  had  prepared  herstll  forthe  event.        ;|% 

7  Now  the    Chesapeake,  a   fighting  ship  of  thlf.^,; 
United  Stales,  was  nigh   unto   the   place;    and  she 
was  commanded  by  the  bravC  Lawrence,   who  had 
gained  much  honor  in  the  sight  of  the  people  ;  nei- 
ther was  he  afraid 


*     HISTORICAL 


8  A  lid  ho  went  fuPih  to  battle  against  the  vessel  of 
the  king,  which  was  conimanclcd  by  Broke,  a  valiant 
man. 

''9  Moreover,  the  mischievous  engines  thai  were 
in  the  ship  of  Eiitain  were  more,  and  the  numbL'rof 
tlicir  men  greater  than  those  of  the  vessel  of  the  Uni- 
ted States. 

10  For  Broke  had  gotten  about  two  hundred  men, 
iind  secreted  them  ;  so  that  when  the  hour  of  danger 
anived  thc^  might  assist  his  men,  and  full  unawares 
v.poii  il\c  men  of  Lawrence. 

1 1  "  vertheless,  towards  the  going  down  of  the 
sun,  the  ve:;s'"ls  drew  nigh  unto  each  other, 

12  And  Lawrence  spake  unto  his  office|^s  and  his 
mariners,  saying  :  .     , 

13  Now  shall  we  set  our  engines  at  the  work  of 
destruction  ;  let  the  fire  issue  out  of  their  mouths, 
as  it  were  like  unto  fiery  dragons/ 

I'i  And  alLi\ough  their  numbers  he  greater  than 
ours,  yet  we  may  be  conquerors  j  for  he  who  is  little 
of  spirit  guincth  nothing. 

15  But  if,  peradventure,  we  should  be  overcome* 
even  then  shall  not  the  sacted  cause  of  LiBERTt 
perish,  neither  shall  the  people  of  Columbia  be  dis- 
heartened. 

10  Also,  your  names  shall  be  recorded  as  the 
thampions  of  freedom. 

'  17  And  the  nations  of  the  earth  shall  learn  with 
aslonibhrncrit,  how  dearly  you  prize  the  inheritance 
of  your  fathers. 

18  Now  when  Lawrence  had  made  an  end  of  speak- 
ing, they  sat  the  destroying  engines  to  work,  and 
rushed  One  upon  another  like  fierce  tigers. 

19  The  fire  and  smoko  were  abundant,  and  tre- 
mendous was  the  noise  that  rent  tiie  air  and  floated 
upon  ihc  wutcrs. 


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87 


20  And  the  Chesapeake  fell  close  upon. the  Shan- 
non, swords  clashed  with  swords,  and  pikes  wilh 
pikes ;  and  dreadful  was  the  conflict  thereof; 

21  But  the  men  of  Broke  were  more  numerous 
than  the  men  of  Lawrence,  and  overpowered  them, 
by  the  means  of  Jieir  numbers. 

22  Already  had  the  valiant  Lawrence  fallen ;  lils 
life-blood  flowed  fast ;  still  he  cried  out  to  his  brave 
companions,  saying  unto  them,  Don't  give  up  the 
sliip:  his  noble  spirit  fled,  but  his  name  shall  not 
perish. 

23  Moreover,  about  this  time  all  the  oCTicers  of 
the  ship  of  the  United  Stales  were  cither  kluin  or 
sorely  wounded  ;  so  she  was  captured  by  the  vessel 
of  Che  kin [5. 

i?4  Arid  Satan  rose  up  in  the  hearts  of  the  con- 
querors, and  they  shot  the  balls  of  death  down  into 
the  hold  of  the  vessel  of  the  U.Mted  States,  even 
against  the  halt  and  maimed  who  had  surrendered 
tl.cmsclves. 

25  And  when  the  tidlng^s  thereof  reached  the 
kingdom  of  Great  Britain,  the  loi  ^s,  the  princes,  the 
rulers,  yea,  ail  the  people  were  rejoiced  beyond 
measure 

26  t\nd  they  hade  their  roarinq;  cng-iaes  utter  their 
voices,  in  London,  their  chief  city,  that  had  been  si« 
lent  muny  years,  even  those  in  the  i^rcat  towtr,*  which 
was  built  by  VV'^illiam  the  Bastard,  more  than  seven 
hundred  yoa''s  af^o. 

27  Th' i  ■  joy    was  unbounded,   for  they  had  over- 
come ONE  of  the  strong  ships  of  Columbk.  - 


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*   On  this  occasion    they  fired    f.heif    to^u^r.  ffuni^ 
w/tich  had  not  been  done  since  AelnoJz^-  -victory. 


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HISTORICAL 


28  Kow  the  slain  and  the  wounded  on  board  the 
Chesapeake,  were  tvn  hundred  two  score  and  four; 
and  there  fell'bf  the  servants  of  the  king  about  v.wo 
hundred.     *      ' 

,29  Amongst  the  slain  of  Columbia  were  also  Au- 
gustus, whose  sir-name  was  Ludlcv>,  and  another 
brave  officer  whose  name  vvas  White. 

oO  And  when  the  pcopls  of  Columbia  heard  of  a 
tniih  tliat  Luwrcnce  was  slain,  they  mourned  for  him 
many  days. 

3 1  His  Itody  was  conveyed  to  a  place  called  Hali- 
fax, in  the  province  of  the  kini^,  where  they  honored 
his  racmorv,  and  buried  him  for  a  while. 

;»2   Bui    in   a   short    lime   thercaffer  his  body   was 
tuken  out  of  the  earth,  with  the  body  of  Ludlow,  andi 
conveyed  to  the  city  of  New-York,  for  interment. 

33  And  the    captain's  name    who  volunteered  hia  I 
sci'viccs  in  ihis  act  of  patriotism,  and    who  brouglii; 
the  bodies  away   from  Ualifax,  was  Crowninshield,| 
of  Sulcm,  in  the  statt  of  Massuchusetts. 

34  So  Lawrence  was  buried  in  the  burial-place  of 
bis  fu'hers,  in  his  own  land  :  and  a  great  multitude  of 
people  went  out  to  behold  the  funeral  as  it  passed 
throuc:i\  the  citv. 

35  And  his  valiant  deeds  shall  live  forever  in  the 
remembrance  of  the  people. 

36  About  this  time,  on  the  fourth  day  of  the  month, 
the  brave  Pecatur  essayed  to  )<o  forth  with  his  ves- 
sels upon  the  water*-  of  the  niipfhty  deep. 

S7  And  the  vcsspJh  that  wore  wiili  him  were  call- 
ed the  United  Slaves,  the  Hornets  and  the  M.'cedo- 
nian  ;  the  latter  a  strong  ship  which  he  hiid  captured 
from  the  kinj^. 

3^  Bu|;  it  was  so,  thut  some  large  vessels  of  Br': 


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tain,  carrying  each  of  them  more  than  seventy  of  the 
destroying  engines,  rmffered  him  not  to  go  l<     h. 

39  Moreover,  they  wished  to  retake  the  Iviacedo- 
jiian,  that  they  might  retrieve  the  shame  of  thc^cap- 
ture  thereof. 

40  So  the  bliips  of  Britain  blockaded  Decatur  and 
liis  ships  in  the  haven  of  New-London,  which  lieth 
in  the  state  of  Connecticut,  nigh  unto  a  place  called 
Sionington,  and  they  remained  there  many  months. 


lels  of  Br'' 


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CHAP.  XXV. 

Cajiture  of  Col.  Boerstler  and  Major  Chafdn^  ivith 
their  command — treatment  of  Jirisoncrs — Major 
Chapin's  escaJiCt 


^  OW  there  was  much  hard   fighting  on   the  bor 
ders,  for  the  nations  were  wroth  against  one  unother, 
and  many  men  were  slain  by  iho  sword. 

2  But  it  is  wi ittcn  in  the  book  of  Jeremiah  tlie 
prophet,  that  He  who  is  shun  by  the  sword,  is  belter 
than  he  who  is  shun  by  famine. 

3  Nevertheless,  many  of  the  soldiers  of  Columbia 
suffered  hunger  :  for  they  had  given  unto  them  un- 
wholesome food   and  a  scanty  fare, 

4  Although,  when  the  servants  of  the  king  became 
caplives  to  the  people  of  Columbia,  they  were  kind- 
ly  treated,  and  partook  of  the  fat  of  the  land. 

5  Now  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  second  year  of  the 
war,  on  the  twenty-third  day  of  the  sixth  month, 

6  That  a  captain  lif  the  United  States,  whose  sir- 
name  was  Boerstler,  was  ordered  to  go  forth  from 
the  strong  hold  of  Fort  George,  to  annoy  the  enemy. 

7  And  the  name  of  the  place  where  he  essayed  to 
go,  was  called  Beaver-dams,  being  distant  from  the 
strong  hold  of  Queenstown  about  seventy  furlongs. 


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3  And  the  number  of  the  men  of  war  of  Colnmhiu 
who  foUovvctl  ufter  him  was  little  more  thim  five  hun- 
dred. 

9  But  when  they  came  nip^h  unto  the  place,  early 
ill  the  morning  of  the  next  day,  la  !  they  were  en- 
compassed round  about  by  the  savages  and  soldiers  of 
the  Uing. 

10  Nevertheless,  they  fou<^ht  bravely  for  a  time; 
and  Di\ii-born,  the  cliief  captain  of  Fort  Georj^-e,  sent 
the  valiant  Chrystie   to  help  him  ou*  of  his  snare. 

1 1  But  Boerstler  and  his  army  had  already  become 
capTu  c  to  the  men  of  Britaiiu 

12  And  they  nndc  a  covenant  in  writingi  between 
one  another,  but  the  men  of  Britain  violated  the  co- 
venant. 

13  Inasmuch  as  they  permitted  the  savages  to  rob 
the  oflicers  of  their  swords,  and  their  apparel,  yea, 
even  the  shoes  from  off  their  feet. 

14  After  which  the  men  of  Columbia  were  com- 
rranded  to  go,  in  boats,  down  to  the  strong  hold  of 
Kingston,  in  thn  province  of  the  king. 

15  But  a  certain  brave  captain,  called  Chapin,*  a 
cunning  man  withal,  made  his  escape  in  a  boat,  and 
arrived  at  the  strong  hold  of  Fort  George  ;  having, 
by  the  strength  of  his  single  arm,  overpowered  three 
ef  the  strong  men  of  Britain. 

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OttAP.  XWt 


€a/i:ure  c/  Fort  Schlosser  and  Blacl^  Rock — ^en. 
Dearborn  resigns  his  command  to  Gen.  Botjdy  on 
account  of  tickneas'-^the  Six  JV<atio7ia  of  Indians: 
declare  war  against  Canada, 


And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  fourth  day  of  the  se- 
venth month)  M'hich  is  the  birth  day  of  Columbian- 
Liberty  and  Independence, 

2  In  the  dark  and  solemn  hour  of  the  night,  when 
the  deadly  savage  walketh  abroad,  and  the  hungry 
V'oives  howl  along  the  forest, 

3  A  band  of  the  men  of  Britain  crossed  over  the 

>vr.tcr  from  Chippawa  to  a  place  called  I'ort  Schlos- 
ser, 

4  And  there  wus  a  handful  of  the  men  of  the  Uni- 
ted  StatPs  in  the  place,  whom  they  made  captive,  be- 
ing twelve  in  number. 

5  Likewise,  they  carried  away  the  bread  and  the 
meat,  and  some  of  the  ^strong  Waters;  also  one  ©£ 
the  destroying  engines. 

6  Moreover,  the  engine  which  they  brought  way 
was  made  partly  of  brass,  partly  of  iron,  and  partly  of 
wood. 

7  And  the  weight  of  the  ball  that  issued  cut  of  its 
mouth  vras  about  two  hundred  shekels,  after  t^e  she- 
kel of  ;he  sanctuary. 


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■If. 


READER. 


93 


of  the  se- 
Columbian- 

gilt,  ^vhen 
le   hungry 

^l  over  the 
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fthe  Uni- 
iplive,  he- 
ld and  the 
Iso  one  of 

ight  '.way 
I  partly  of 

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t^e  she- 


8  On  the  tenth  day  of  the  same  month  they  also 
passed  over  the  river  Niagara,  towards  a  place  called 
J3Iack  Rock,  and  the  small  band  at  the  place  fled. 

9  And  they  destroyed  the  strong  house,  and  the 
camp  with  fire,  and  carried  away  the  flour,  and  the 
s  Jt,  and  such  things  as  they  stood  in  need  of. 

10  However,  while  they  were  yet  carrying  them 
away,  tbere  came  a  band  of  men  of  the  United  Statesj 
from  the  village  of  Buffaloe, 

11  And  let  their   instruments  of  war  loose  upon 
them;    and  smote  them  even   unto   death;  albeit, 
lliose  who  were  not  slain  escaped  with  their  plunder, 

12  And  they  fled  hastily  away,  leaving  nine  of  their 
sl^in  behind,  and  more  than  half  a  score  of  cap** 
lives.  *''■ 

13  The  soldiers  of  the  king  were  commanded  by 
two  men,  the  one  called  Bishop  and  the  other  War- 
ren, and  the  men  of  Columbia  were  commanded  by 
a  ciii  f  captain,  nained  Porter.* 

14  About  this  time  the  savages  and  the  men  of 
war  of  Britain  assailed  the  guards  and  the  out  posts 
]iear  unto  Fort  George.  „ 

15  Day  alter  day  and  night  after  night  did  they  an- 
noy them ;  and  many  were  slain  on  both  sides. 

16  And  Dearborn,  the  chief  captain  of  thi  fort, 
and  of  the  host  of  Columbia  round  about  Niagara, 
became  sick  and  unable  to  go  out  to  battle.  •  V 

17  So  ii.;oyd,  a  brave  and  tried  warrior,  was  made 
chief  captain  in  his  stciid,  until   Wilkinson,  the  chief 
captain,  arrived  :  and  the  gallant  Fruser  was  appoint- 
ed one  of  i.is  aids. 

18  Now  there  were  some  amongst  the  tribes  of  the 


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HISTORICAL 


1 


^il 


savages,  who  had  been  instructed  in  the  ways  of  God, 
and  taught  to  walk  in  the  path  of  righteousness  ; 

19  For  the  chief  governor  of  the  land  of  Colum- 
bia) and  the  great  Sanhedrim  of  the  people,  had  taken 
them  under  their  care, 

20  And  sent  good  men  amongst  them  to  preach 
the  gospel,  and  instruct  them  in  the  sublime  dociriiie 
of  the  Saviour  of  the  world. 

21  And  tl>ey  hearkened  unto  the  preachers,  and 
were  convinced,  and  their  natures  were  softenfed. 

22  Amongst  these  tribes  were  those  who  wore 
called  the  Six  nations  of  New-York  Indians  : 

23  And  their  eyes  were  opened,  and  they  saw  the 
evil  and  wickedness  of  Britain. 

24  So  their  chiefs  and  their  counsellors  rose  up 
and  made  war  against  the  province  of  Canada,  and 
fought  against  the  hired  savages  of  the  king  of  Bri- 
tain. 

25  But  in  all  their  acts  they  suffered  *■  the  spirit 
of  barbarians  to  rule  over  them. 

26  They  remembered  the  good  counsel  given  to 
them  by  their  aged  chief,* 

27  And  when  the  red  savages  and  the  men  of  Bri- 
tain fell  into  their  hands,  they  laised  neither  the  toma- 
hawk nor  the  scalping  knife. 

28  Nay,  they  treated  them  kindly  j  and  those  who 
were  slain  in  battle  they  disturbed  not ;  and  their  hu- 
manity exceeded  the  humanity  of  the  white  men  of 
Britain* 

*  Alluding  to  an  eloquent  tfieech,  delivered  about 
that  timcy  to  the  Six  J^ationsy  by  one  of  their  old  war* 
viora. 


READER. 


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CHz\P.  XXVII. 


JJaira  o?i   Lake   Ontario^  between  the  feeta  of  Ccw. 
C/iauncey  and  Hir  Janiea  Yco, 


In  those  days,  tlic  great  waters  of  the  lake  Ontaric> 
were  troubled  \s\i\\  the  movements  of  the  fighting 
ships  of  Columbia,  as  well  as  those  of  the  king. 

2  Now  the  fteet  of  tlie  king,  which  was  commanded 
by  Yco,  who  w^as  a  skilful  captain,  was  greater  than 
the  fleet  of  Columbia,  which  was  commanded  Uy  the 
brave  Chauncey. 

3  And  they  had  contrived  to  move  to  and  fro  upon 
the  bosom  of  the  lake  Ontario  many  months. 

4  And  two  of  the  small  vessels,  called  the  Julia 
tind  the  Growler,  being  parted  from  the  fleet,  fell  in- 
to the  hands  of  Yeo. 

5  Nevertheless,  Cbauncey  followed  after  Yco,  and 
hemmed  him  in  for  a  time. 

6  But  a  strong  west  wind  arose  and  the  fleets  were 
again  separated. 

7  After  this  Chauncey  captured  a  number  of  small 
fighting  vessels,  and  about  three  hundred  soldiers  of 
the  king. 

8  Now  it  was  so,  that  when  Yeo  put  his  fleet  in 
battle  array,  as  though  he  would  fight, 

9  Then  Chauncey  went  out  against  him,  to  meet 
^m,  and  give  him  battle  j  but  the  lieart  of  Yeo  fail- 


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HISTORICAL 


ed  him,  and  he  turned  aside  from  the  ships  of  Colum. 
bia. 

10  So  Chaunccy  sa'lcd  along  the  borders  of  the 
}uke,  from  the  one  end  to  the  other  ;  even  from  Nia- 
gara to  Sackett's  Harbor,  and  Yeo  followed  him  not. 

1  i  Now  all  the  vessels  of  the  king-,  and  all  the 
vessels  of  the  United  States,  that  carried  the  dc- 
siroyin.5  cnj^ines,  upon  the  lake  Ontario,  being  num- 
bered were  about  seventeen. 

12  Howsoever,  they  cut  down  the  tall  trees  of  the 
forest,  and  hewed  them  and  built  many  more  stroni; 
vessels ;  although  they  had  no  gophar-wood  amongst 
'^hem  in  these  days. 

13  And  they  made  stories  to  them,  even  to  the 
third  story.,  and  they  put  windows  in  them,  and  they 
pitched  them  within  and  without  with  pitch  j  after 
the  f  »,hion  o{  the  ark. 

14  And,  lo !  some  of  the  ships  which  they  built 
upon  the  lake,  carried  about  an  hundred  of  the  en- 
gines t)f  death. 

15  And  the  weight  of  a  ball  which  they  vomited 
forth  was  about  a  thousand  shekels. 

16  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Chauncey  and  Yeo, 
which  they  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
Palmer,  the  scribe  ?• 


•  Historical  Register,  an  excellent  jmbllcation^  in 
4  -vols,  octavo^  firintt'd  in  Philadelfihia,  1816;  which 
contains  the  facts  and  the  official  documents  of  the  late 
war. 


in^' 


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READER. 


97 


(^HAP.  xxviir. 

Jfaira  on  Lake  Chamfilain^-fiillage  of  PiaitahurgH 
by  the  Britiah'^bojnbardment*  of  Burlington — Sc 
firedathna  comT^itted  in  the  VAesafieaAc)  and  aion^ 
the  toasti 


Now  the  fighting  vessels  of  Britain  began  to  ap^" 
pear  upon  the  lake,  called  by  the  jincient  Gauls^ 
Champlain.  ^^ 

2  And  the  vessels  of  war  of  Columbia  that  were  -^ 
upon  the  waters  of  the  lake   were  not  yet  prepared 
for   the  battle;  the  name  of  their  commander  was 
M*Donough,a  striplitig. 

3  So  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  thirty  and  first  day  of 
the  seventh  month,  that  the  vessels  of  the  king  came 
forward  against  Phttsburgh,  which  lieih  on  the  bor- 
ders of  the  lake. 

4  And  there  were  none  to  defend  the  place  ;  {<>t 
the  army  of  Hampton,  a  chief  captain  of  the  Unitec] 
States,  was  encamped  upon  the  opposite  side  of  the 
lake,  at  a  place  called  Burlington,  in  the  state  of  Ver-^ 

mont. 

5  And  the  nitmber  of  the  Soldiers  of  the'';i|S!g  that 
landed  at  Plaltsburgh  was  more  than  a  thousand  meny 
and  the  name  of  their  chief  captain  was  Murray.' 

6  And  a  captain  of  the  United  States,  whose  name 
was  Mooers,  a  man  of  valor,  strove  to  gather  loge-* 


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HISTORICAL 


ihcr  the  husbandmen  of  the  place;  but  they  were  not 
enoui^h. 

7  ^j  the  lU'iTiy  of  the  king;  ca;-)Un'ccl  the  place  ;  and 
the  ni<ni  of  Coiiinibia  11  Jtl  before  the  men  of  Britain. 

8  Moreover,  the  wickedness  which  had  been  com- 
mitted at  ILnnpton,  was  noised  abroiid,  even  from 
the  shores  of  Virginia  lo  lake  Champlain. 

9  Accordingly,  all  tlie  women  and  children,  who 
were  able,  suddenly  departed  from  the  place,  lest  the 
Same  thing*  migiht,   peradventure,  happen  unto  them. 

10  Neither  were  they  deceived  in  judgment:  for, 
lo  1  when  tlic  place  was  given  up,  and  a  covenant 
made,  the  servants  of  the  king  proved  faithless. 

1 1  They  abided  not  by  the  contract  ;  saying,  Pish  I 
ye  are  but  Yankees,  therefore  will  we  do  to  you  as 
scemeth  meet  unto  us  I 

12  So  they  burnt  the  houses,  and  all  other  things 
bcloninng  to  the  United  States^  with  fire. 

13  4fter  which  they  fell  upon  the  merchandise,  the 
goods,  and  the  chatties  of  all  manner  of  persons  \  nay, 
the  persons  of  some  of  the  womeu  were  abuF.cd  : 

14  Meanwhile  they  forced  others  lo  put  the  burn- 
ing brand  to  their  own  dwellings  t,  or  pay  them  tri* 
bute. 

15  They  killed  the  cattle,  and  prepared  them  food  ; 
and  after  they  had  eaten  and  drank)  they  overturned 
the  tables. 

16  So  when  their  vengeance  was  completed,  they 
departed  to  other  places  and  committed  like  evils. 

17  About  the  same  time  the  vessels  of  the  king 
that  savf^d  on  the  lake,  went  against  the  town  of  Bur- 
lingtoa  ;  where  the  army  of  Hampton  was. 

IS  But  when  the  m^n  of   Columbia  bcg:\n  to  let 


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the  destroying*  cnj^jnes  loose   upon  them,  from  the 
strong  hold  before  the  town,  they  fled  in  disniay. 

10  Now  while  these  thintjs  were  passinij  in  the 
north,  the  greedy  sons  of  Britain  were  laying  dcso" 
late  the  small  villages  of  the  south. 

20  On  the  waters  of  the  Chesapeake  they  cap,, 
turcd  the  small  vessels  and  made  spoil  thereof. 

21  Moreover,  they  gat  possession  of  a  sm.dl  place 
called  Kent  Island,  and  robbed  the  poor  and  needy  ; 
for  there  was  no  mercy  in  them. 

22  Yea,  it  was  said  of  a  truth,  and  talked  abroad, 
that  they  came  in  the  night  time,  and  disturbed  the 
small  cattle,  and  the  fowls,  and  took  them  for  their 
own  use,  and  crawled  away  like  men  ashamed  ; 

23  Thus  committing  a  sin,  by  violating  the  ciglith 
commandment   of  God,  whicli  sailh,    Tiiou  siialt 

NOT    STEAL. 

24  Even  the  state  of  North-Carolina  escaped  them 
not ;  they  landed  a  thousand  men  of  war  at  a  place 
culled  Ocracocke. 

25  And  again  the  work  of  destruction  began  ;  they 
ypread  terror  and  dismay  wiiithersoevcr  they  went. 

26  They  troubled  the  men  of  Columbia  all  along 
the  sea  coast,  which  is  more  than  eight  thousand  fur- 
longs, from  north  to  south. 

27  Moreover,  they  gat  much  plunder  ;  even  much 
cf  the  good  ihings  with  which  the  land  of  Columbia 
iiboundeth. 


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CHAP.  XXIX. 


J\[ajo7'  Croghan  defeats  the  British  and  Indians,  wim 
dcr  Gen.  Proctor^  in  their  attack  on  Fort  Ste/ih^cn' 
eonj  Lower  Sanduski/. 


^  EVEUTHELESS,  it  came  to  pass,  that  Han^- 
t:on,.  the  chief  captain  of  the  northwest  army,  had 
])laccd  a  captain,  a  youncj  man,  in  the  hold  called 
It'ort  Stephenson,  to  defend  it. 

2  Now  ilic  fort  lieth  at  the  western  end  of  th€ 
great  lake  Erie,  at  a  place  caHed  Sandusky. 
V  3  And  the  number  of  the  soldiers  that  were  with 
the  youih  in  the  hold,  was  about  an  hundred  an<l 
thrcQ  sci.re,  and  they  had  only  one  of  the  destroying 
engines. 

4  Now  the  name  of  the  young  man  was  George, 
jjiul  his  sir-name  was  Croghan. 

5  So,  on  the  fiist  day  of  the  eighth  month,  about  the 
going  down  of  the  sun,  a  mighty  host  from  Maiden 
appeared  before  the  hold  ; 

C  Even  a  thousand  savages,  and  about  five  hundred 
|ncn  of  war  of  Britain  ;  and  Proctor  was  the  com- 
mander thereof. 

7  Moreover,  they  brp^ught  the  instruments  of .  de- 
struction in  great  plenty ;  even  howitzers,  whic^i 
were  not  known  in  the  days  of  the  children  of  Isrijiel* 


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8  And  they  had  prepared  themselves  for  the  fi'jht, 
and  encompassed  the  place  round  about)  both  by  land 
and  by   water. 

9  After  which  Proctor  sent  a  message  to  tlie 
brave  Croghan,  by  a  captain  whose  name  w;is  Elliot, 
and  the  words  thereof  were  in  this  sort : 

10  Lol  now  yc  can  neither  move  to  the  right  nor 
to  the  left,  to  escape,  for  we  have  hemmed  you  in  ; 

1 1  Therefore,  that  your  blood  may  not  be  spilt  in 
vain,  we  command  that  ye  give  up  the  strong  hold 
into  the  hands  of  the  servants  of  the  king,  and  become 
captives. 

'.2  We  have  the  destroying  engines  in  abundancej 
and  wc  are  a  numerous  host. 

13  Furthermore,  if  ye  refuse,  then  shall  the  wild 
savages  be  let  loose  upon  you  ;  and  there  shall  be 
none  left  among^  you  to  j^o  and  tell  the  tidings  there- 
of- ^  "V  •    s--'      J    ., 

14  But  when  Croghan  heard  the  message,  hcan* 
swered  and  said  utito  Elliot,  Get  thee  now  to  thy 
chief  captain,  and  say  unto  him,  I  refuse  ;  neither^ 
will  I  hearken  unto  hiin  : 

15  And  if  it  be  so,  that  he  come  against  me  with 
his  whole  host,  even  then  will  I   not  turn  aside  from 
the  fierce  battle  j  though  his  numbers  were  as  the 
sand  on  the  sea  shore. 

1 6  Lo  !  David,  of  old,  with  a  sling;  and  a  stone, 
slew  the  mighty  Goliah  :  and  shall  the  people  of  Co- 
lumbiii  be  afraid,  and  bov  before  the  tyrants  of  E\j,« 
rope  ? 

17  Then  EJliot  returned  to  the  army  of  the  kii%  ; 
and  immediately  the  mouths  of  their  engine^  were 
ppened  aguiust  the  fort.  * 


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18  And  the  noise  thereof  continued  a  long  time  ; 
even  until  the  next  day  ;  but  their  baitcring  prevailed 
not. 

19  Now  when  Proctor  saw  it  ^v^s  of  no  avail,  he 
divided  his  host  into  two  bdnd»i  and  appointed  a  cap« 
tain  to  each  band;  and  they  moved  toward^  the  fort 
ami  'assailed  it  with  great  violciice. 

20  But  the  nxen  of  Crojjjlian  were  prepared  for 
them  ;  and  they  let  loose  thtir  weaprms  of  war  upon 
them,  and  set  their  dcsir(>)iiig  engines  to  work,  and 
smote  the  fnen  of  Britain,  nip  and  thigh,  with  great 
slaughter 

21  And  the  deep  ditch  that  surrounded  the  fort 
>va3  strewn  wiih  ihcir  sLiin  and  their  wounded. 

22  So  tlie  host  ol  Britain  were  dismayed  and  over- 
thrown, and  fl  d  in  confusion  from  the  fort  into  the 
forest ;  from  whence,  in  the  dead  of  the  night,  they 
went   into  their  vessels,  i.nd  departed  from  the  place. 

23  Now  tiie  loss  of  the  men  of  Britain  was  about 
an  hundred  two  score  and  ten  ;  and  of  the  men  of 
Columbia  there  wis  one  slain  and  seven  wounded. 

'  34  But  when  Proctor  had  rested  his  army  he  sent 
a  skilful  physician  to  heal  the  maimed  which  he  had 
fled  from  and  left  behind 

25  But  Harrison,  the  chief  captain,  said  unto  him, 
Already  have  my  physicians  bound  up  their  wounds, 
and  given  them  breid  and  wine,  and  comforted  them  ; 
after  the  manner  of  (jiir  country. 

26  For  we  suffer  not  the  captives  that  fall  into  our 
hands  to  be  buffeted  or  maltreated  j  nehher  want  they 
for  any  thing. 

27  So  the  physician  of  thr>  king's  army  was  permit? 
^d  to  return  to  his  own  camp. 


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^8  Moreover,  jH^reat  honor  and  praise  were  hcsfow- 
ccl  ui)on  the  brave  C!ioyr|um.  the  cuptain  of  the  fort, 
for  Ijis  valiaiU  de  ds  ;  uul  his  name  was  spoken,  of 
wuh  joy  throughout  tiic  Kind  of  Columbia. 


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JSritish  schooner  Dominica,  of  14  gmis^  captured  By 
the  firivateer  Decaiur^  of  7  guns — U.  S.  brig  Jir* 
g'ua  ca/iturrd  by  the  Pelican — cnfiture  of  the  Box- 
er by  the  U»   S,  brig  entcrjirizei 


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Now  the  wav  continued  to  rage  without  abatement 
upon  the  waters  of  the  great  deep  ; 

2  And  manifold  were  the  evils  that  came  upon  the 
children  of  men  by  the  means  thereof. 

3  Moreover,  the  great  Sanhedrim  of  the  people 
vrere  forced  to  bestir  themselves  ;  and  they  had  con- 
tinued their  councils  day  after  dr\y  without  ceasing* 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  there  was  a  dreadful 
battle  fought  between  a  vessel  of  the  king,  and  a  pri- 
vate  vessel  of  Columbia. 

5  Now  the  name  of  the  vessel  that  fought  was  De- 
catur, and  the  captidn's  name  was  Diron,  a  GauL 

6  And  it  was   so,  that  about  the  fourth  day  of   the 
•  eighth   month,  the  Decatur  having  sailed  out  of  the 

haven  of  Charleston,  being  in  the  state  of  South  Car^ 
olina,  fell  in  with  one  of  the  fighting  vessels  of  the 
king,  called  the  Dominica. 

7  liut  the  destroying  engines  of  the  king's  vessel 
were  two  fold  gieiucr  in  numbers  than  those  of  \V^' 
Decatur. 


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8  Nevertheless,  Miey  set  them  to  work,  so  that  they 
groaned  beneath  the  fire  and  smoke  ; 

9  A.nd  in  about  the  space  nf  an  hour  the  Doroinicft 
wus  conquered  and  taken  captive. 

10  For  when  the  vessels  came  close  togctherf  the 
tnen  smote  one  another  with  their  swords  and  weapons 
oi"  war;  yea,  even  the  balls  of  iron  they  cast  at  eaeli 
other,  with  their  hands,  and  slew  one  another  with 
wonderi'ul  slaughter. 

1 1  Inasmucli  as  there  were  slain  and  maimed  of 
the  king  three  score  souls  ;  those  of  the  Decatur 
wore  about  a  score  :  morc<,vor  the  captain  of  the 
Dominica  \vas  slain. 

12  The  fight  was  an  unequal  one  ;  and  the  brave- 
ry of  Diron  gained  him  a  great  name,  for  he  over- 
came the  enemies  of  freedom  j  although  their  force 
was  greater  than  his. 

13  After  this,  on  the  fourieenih  day  of  the  samo 
month,  there  was  another  sore  battle  between  a 
small  vessel  of  the  United  States,  called  the  ArgUa, 
and  the  Pelican,  a  ship  of  ihc  king,  l'      ,;:«,,. 

14  Now  the  Pelican  was  somewhat  stronger  than 
the  Argus,  and  they  were  stubborn  and  kept  the  de- 
stroying engines  to  work,  with  great  noise,  about  for- 
ty and  five  minutes. 

15  And  the  brave  capiiiiu  of  the  Argus,  whose 
name  was  Allen,  was  wounds  d  unto  dcJi,  and  the 
vesacl  of  Columbia  was  capturvct  by  the  ship  of  Bii- 
tain,  the  name  of  the  comnuaidcr  whereof  was  Ma- 
ples. 

16  Of  the  men  of  Columbia  six  were  slain  and 
seventeen  w  )unded ;  ot  the  mil)  of  liiitum  tiio  Si«iii 
aiul  vvouiuled  were  five. 

17  Now  the  death  of  Allen  wa:j  spoken  of  with  sor- 


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row  throughout  the  land  of  Columbia,  for  he  had  de- 
fended the  vessel  of  the  United  States  nobly  :  and 
captured  some  merchant  ships  of  Britain. 

18  Even  the  eneuiy  regarded  him  for  his  bravery, 
for  they  b-.v'ed  him  with  honor  in  their  o>vti  country, 
not  fur  trom  the  place  where  he  became  captive, 
which  was  in  the  waters  of  the  king,  even  in  St. 
George's  Channel. 

19  But  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  fifth  day  of  the 
next  month,  in  the  same  year, 

30  That  a  certain  small  vessel  of  Columbia,  car- 
rying the  engines  of  destruction,  commanded  by  a 
gallant  man,  whose  name  was  Burrows,  fell  in  with 
another  sniall  vessel  of  the  king»  called  the  Boxer, 
ami  the  captain  thereof  was  a  brave  man,  and  his 
name  was  Blythe. 

21  In  the  language  of  the  people  of  the  land,  the 
vessel  of  Columbia  was  called  the  Enterprize. 

22  Now  when  the  vessels  drew  nigh  unto  each 
other  the  men  shouted  with  loud  shouting. 

23  And  immediately  they  let  the  mischievous  ert- 
gines  loose  upon  one  another,  with  a  noise  like  unto 
thunder. 

"24  But  it  happened,  that  in  about  the  space  of  for* 
ty  minutes,  the  Boxer  was  overcome  ;  but  she  was 
taken  somewhat  una w  ires  : 

25.  For,  lo  I  the  pride  of  the  men  of  Britain  had 
lYiudc  them  foolish  :  and,  thinking  of  the  conquest, 
they  nailed  Britannia's  red-cross  to  the  mast  of  the 
•vessel. 

26  Whereupon,  after  they  were  overcome,  they 
cried  aloud  for  mercy,  sayint^, 

27  Behold  !  our  colors  are  fast ;  and  we  cannot 
quickly  unloose  them  :  nevenhcless,  \ve  will  be  pri- 
soners unto  you,  therefore  spare  us. 


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28  So  the  brave  mariners  of  Columbia  spai'ed 
them,  and  stopped  the  destroying  engines  ;  for  their 
hearts  were  inclined  to  mercy. 

29  However,  this  was  another  bloody  fight ;  for 
there  fell  of  the  men  of  Britain  forty  that  were  slain 
outright,  and  seventeen  were  wounded  » 

30  And  the  loss  of  Columbia  in  slain  and  maimed 
was  about  fourteen. 

31  And  the  commanders  of  both  vessels  were 
slain  ;  and  they  buried  them  with  honor  in  the  town 
of  Portland,  which  leaveth  Boston  to  the  west ;  for 
the  battle  was  fought  hard  by. 

32  iMoreover,  the  great  Sanhedrim  wat  pleased 
with  the  thing,  and  gave  unto  the  nearest  kinsman 
of  Burrows  a  medal  of  gold,  in  token  of  remembrancci 
thereof.* 


*  AfjrrHBfy  L,  Davis^  of  ATeW'Yorkf  a  firinter^ 
a  fiatriott  and  a  fihilanthrofiiaif  on  a  tour  in  the  can* 
tern  States,  /lasainff  through  Portlands  and  the  burial 
place  of  Burr 0X09  (which  was  without  a  memorial,) 
betng  pointed  out  to  him,  generously  delayed  hit  jour* 
ney  iiniil,  at  his  own  expense^  he  had  caused  a  monu* 
ment  to  be  erected  over  the  grdve  of  the  valiuntf 
Xffhich  bears  the  following  inscription^  equally  credtta* 
ble  to  the  modest  merit  of  Mr.  Davisy^-to  hi%  head, 
and  to  his  heart  : 

BENEATH   THIS   STONE 
Moulders 
THE    BOliY    OF 

WILLIAM    iiURROrV^i 

I.  te  Ciminsji'H*  r  •<■  the  / 

UNITED  STATES'    URiG  EM  f'F.RPRIZT^, 

"Who  was  murtally  wounded  on  he  5t  i  t>l  September, 
1313.  in  an  ciction,  which  coU'Mijuicd  to  increase 
the  fume  of  American  vulour,  by  ca|)iuring  his    "^^^ 


,,■*,.      / 


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HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  XXXI; 

The  cafiture  of  the  British  Fleet  on  Lake  Krie^  by 
the  American  Fleets  under  Com.  Perry, 


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i  HE  Lord,  in  the  plenitude  of  his  wisdom  and 
power,  ordaineth  all  things  which  come  to  pass;  and 
the  doinjjfs  are  for  the  benefit  of  man,  and  for  the 
glory  of  God. 

2  Tor  where  is  the  evil  which  hath  not  turned  to 
p.n  advantage,  and  been  a  warning,  and  swallowed  up 
the  evil  that  might  have  come  ? 

3  Now  about  this  time  the  strong  vessels  of  Co- 
lumbia, that  jr.oveil  upon  the  face  of  the  blue  waters 
of  the  great  l-ke  Erie,  were  given  in  chaige  to  Oli- 
ver, whose  sir-name  was  Perry. 

4  And  he  was  a  prudent  man,  and  had  prepared 
himself  to  meet  the  vessels  of  the  king,  even  forty 
days  before  h4nd. 

5  An(i  the  Oiiine  of  the  captain  of  the  fleet  of  Bri- 
tain was  1  aiclay,  u  man  of  great  valor ;  but  he  boast- 


B-Hir.  MAJESTY'S  BKIG  BOXEK, 
after  a  severe  cor.test  of  45  minutes. 
A  parsing  strarrjer  has  erected  this  monument  of  re- 
spect to  thr  manes  of  a  patriot,  who  in  the  hour  of 
pc'il,  obeyed  the  loud  summons  of  an  injured 
country,  and  who  gallantly  met,  fought  and  con- 
quered the  foeman. 


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cd  and  was  vain  of  his  fleet,  for  it  was  more  powcN 
ful  than  the  fleet  of  Columbia. 

6  Nevertheless,  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundrfcd  and  thirteenth  year,  on  the  tenth 
day  of  the  ninth  moiith,  early  in  the  morning,  about 
the  rising  of  the  sun, 

7  The  valiant  Perry  beheld  the  fleet  of  the  king 
at  a  distance  upon  the  lake  ;  so  he  unmoored  his  ves- 
sels and  went  out  to  meet  them  in  battle  array,  fleet 
against  fleet. 

8  And  when  their  white  sails  wfere  spread  upon  the 
bosom  of  the  lake,  they  appeafed  like  unto  a  squad- 
ron of  passing  clouds. 

9  A  gentle  breeze  wafted  the  hostile  vessels  to- 
wards one  another. 

10  It  was  silence  upon  the  waters;  save  when  the 
sound  of  musical  instruments  fell  sweetly  up*^  tire 
car. 

11  Cut  it  happened,  a  little  before  the  mid-day, 
that  the  shouts  of  the  men  of  war  of  Britain  wei*j9 
heard,  and  the  shouts  of  the  men  of  Columbia.         ,^- 

12  And  now  the  destroying  engines  began  to  utter 
their  thunders,  vomiting  forth  fire  and  smoke  and 
brimstone  in  abundance. 

13  And  suddenly  the  waters  were  in  ain  uproar}, 
and  the  bellowing  noise  sounded  along  the  lake.   *    -,' 

14  Moreover,  the  chief  force  of  the  ships  of  the    I 
khig  was  piU  against  the  vessel  in*  which  RfiP^V  was  ; 

15  And  the  vessel  was  called  the  Lawrence,v|per 

a  brave  man,   whose  dying  words   waved  uponlb^   ;■: 
aloft :  •  •       ,    •   ;"^=^^f^ 

16  Now,  behold,  a  thousand  baits  of  iron  skim  the 
surface  of  the  waters,  swift  as  shooting  stars.  . 

17.  Ikit  wlicn  the  battle   \vaxed  hot,  and  Perry  saw 


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that  the  tackllr.!>:  of  Iiia  vessel  was  shot  away,  and 
l)i-.  iiicn  were  slaii  and  wounded  with  great  slaugh- 
tcM*     lid  his  dc^iroyiiij:^  entwines  became  silent, 

18  Uc  pnt  thf.  charjje  of  the  vessel  into  the  hands 
of  one  of  hib  olFicers,  whose  name  was  Yarnell,  a 
trusty  man  ; 

19  Then,  wi<h  the  starry  banner  of  Columbir\  in 
his  hand  did  the  gallani  Perry  leap  into  hisi  ccick- 
boat,  wliilc  his  brave  mariners  quickly  conveyed  him 
to  anolhcr  fi.Lyhiiu^  vessel  of  the  United  States,  call- 
ed the  Niatjira,  conmiunded  by  a  valiant  man,  whose 
name  was  Elliot. 

20  After  tiiis  again  the  Vessels  uttered  their  thun- 
ders and  fought  hard,  and  the  men  of  Columbia  pour* 
ed  out  destruction  upon  the  servants  of  the  king. 

2 1  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  skilful  contrivance 
of  Perry,  and  the  bravery  of  his  men,  at  length 
forced  the  whole  fleet  of  the  king  to  become  captive 
— even  unto  the  cock-boats  of  Coliiml)ia. 

22  Thus  again  was  the  mighty  lion  humbled  be- 
fore the  eagle :  for  six  strong  vessels  of  firitain  were 
overcoriie  at  one  time. 

23  And  the  slain  and  wotmded  of  the  king  that 
day,  was  an  hundred  thirty  and  fivej  besides  there 
■were  about  a  thousand  prisoners. 

24  The  loss  of  the  United  States  was  twenty  and 
seven  that  ^'^cef^illed,  and  four  score  and  ten  were 
wounded.    •  - J^-tw-* 

25  Moreover,  the  number  of  the  men  of  Britain 
made  captive  was  more  than  all  the  men  of  Perry's 
squadron. 

26  Now  Perry  was  a  righteous  man,  and  likte  the 
good  Samaritan,  took  care  of  the  halt  and  maimed, 
and  put  skilful  men  to  bind  up  their  wounds  j  and 
the  men  of  Britain  blessed  him; 


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ihot  away,  and 
great  slaugli. 
silent, 

into  the  hands 
vjiH  Yarnel],  a 

f  Columbi?\  in 
into  Isia  cock- 
conveyed  him 
i  Stales,  call- 
it  man,  whose 

ed  their  ihun- 
olumbia  poui*^ 
the  king^. 
nl  conirivunce 
en,  at  length 
come  captive 
a. 

humbled  be- 
Ikitaiii  were 

the  king  that 
besides  there 

s  twenty  and 
md  ten  wefe 

n  of  Britain 
1  of  Perry's 


27  Neither  was  he  a  man  puffed  up  with  vanity, 
I  even  in  the  hour  of  victory  ; 

2»  For  when  he  had  conquered  the  iiict  of  Britain, 
Ihe  wrote  to  Jones,*  one  ol  the  scribes  of  the  great 
I  Sanhedrim,  with  luodcsiy,  saying, 

29  To  day  it  hatn  uleused  the  Lord  that  the  people 
|of  Columbia  should  triumph  over  their  enemies.        s. 

30  At  the  same  tiiue  he  wrote  to  Harrison,  the 
Ichief  captain   of  the  host  of  Colwmbia,   whose  antiy 

was  at  the  bay  of  Sandusky,  saying,  VVc  have  nw.t 
|the  enemy,  and  they  are  ours  ! 

31  Then  did  the  enemies  of  Columbia  weep;  and 
[the  gainsayer  put  on  deep  mourning. 

32  Moreover,  the  great  Sanhedrim  honored  Perry 
[with  great  honor  ;  and  gave  him  medals,  with  de- 
|vices  curiously   wrought.  * 

S3  Lik*  wise,  the  people  gave  him  much  silver 
Iplate,    with  gravings  thereon,  mentioning  his  deeds. 

34  And  the  bye-stander  might  read  his  triumph  in 
[his  country's  eyes. 

35  His  sons  shall  hear  him  spoken  of  with  plea- 
Isure  ;  and  his  name  shall  be  mentioned  in  the  song 
|of  the  virgins. 

36  Where,  oh  !  Britain,  are  now  thy  mio:hty  ad- 
[mirals  ?  wliere  thy  Nelson  ?  where  the  transcendant 
t  glory  they  gained  for  thee  ? 

37  Alafi !  it  hath  expired  upon  the  waters  of  Erie^ 
Itefore  the  destroying  engines  of  Perry  ! 


»   }V»  Jones,  Secretary  of  ihe  Aavy, 


and  lihie  the 
nd  maimed, 
)unds  J    and 


^^ 


lU 


mSTORICAL 


CKAP.  XXXII. 

pa/itnre  of  Maiden  and  Detroit'—thc  army  of  Gcn» 
Proctor  rervfut  towards  the  Moravian  to<wnt-~m 
Gen*  Harriaon  fizirsuea  them. 


jS  OW   wlicn  Perry  had  taken  care  of  the  captives. 
and  the  wounded,  and  set  them  upon  the  shore, 

2  lie  bcj^an  to  convey  the  army  of  Harrison  fron)i 
Fort  Moij^s  and  round  about. 

3  And  having  gathered  them  together  into  his  ves- 
sels, he  bronj^ht  thrm,  and  landed  them  nigh  unto 
the  stronij  hold  of  Maiden-. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  twenty-third  day  of 
Hhc  sam<5  month,  in  which  Perry  conquered  the  fleet 
of  Britain, 

'-  b  That  Harrison,  the  chief  captain,  began  to 
iTiarch  the  host  of  Columbia  against  the  stronghold 
of  Maiden,  and  captured  a  town  called  Amherst* 
burgii,  nii^h  thorevinto.     \ 

6  Now  Proctor  was  the  chief  captain  of  the  sava* 
ges  and  servants  of  the  king. 

7  And  when  he  saw  the  men  of  Columbia  ap- 
proach, he  destroyed  the  fort,  the  tents,  and  the  store* 
houseji  of  the  kinp;,  and,  with  his  whole  host,  fled 
swiftly  towards  Sandwich. 

8  And  Harrison,  and  the  host  of  Columbia,  follow* 
jBd  hard  after  him. 


of  the  sava* 


••'/, 


»     READER.' 


•1^3 


9  Now  when  the  savages  of  the  wilderness  beheld 
the  men  of  Britain  flee  before  the  warriors  of  Co- 
lumbia, their  spirits  sunk)  and  they  were  sore  amaz- 
ed.* ■■  'V-    ^ :-'*-;;' 'jr  :  ■■  j^-       \  ;    j 

10  Moreovert  they  upbraided  the  servants  of  the 
ikingf,  saying,  Lo  !  ye  have  deceived  us,  and  led  us 
from  our  hunting  grounds,  and  we  are  an  hungered  : 

1 1  For,  veriiy,  ye  promised  us  bread  and  wine,t 
and  silver  and  gold  ;  yea,  even  that  we  should  drink 
of  the  strong  waters  of  Jamaica,  if  we  would  go  out 
with  you  and  Hght  the  battles  of  the  king,  against  the 
men  of  Columbia. 

12  But,  behold!  now  ye  would  run  away  and 
leave  usto  6ght  alone.^  ♦»-  "^     /*?.,/* 

13  Whereupon  many  of  their  tribes  cast  away 
their  tomahawks^  and  refused  to  fight  under  the  ban- 
ners of  the  king,     --r'iji'^i*!*^. ':•:£.;, w  ..^..,.    ,  -   .^.^.^_ 

14  And  wheh  Harrison  came  to  Sandwich,  ProCf 
tor  and  his  army  had  depirn d  from  the  pUce,  and 
fled  towards  the  river  Thames,  near  Moravian  Town. 

15  (Mow  the  Thames  emplieth  its  waters  into  the 
lake  St<  Clair,  and  the  Moravian  Towns  lie  upon 
the  river,  about  an  huuiired  miles  from  Maiden,  to- 
wards the  north,  in  rhe  pitjvince  of  Upper  Canada.) 

16  Moreover,  as  they  journied  on,  the  brave  M» Ar- 
thur croiiised  over  with  bis  band  to  the  strong  hold  of 
Peiroit,  and  took  it.  .;  >.  '^'-   -     - 


M    i 


^  JLm  ■ 


'£M^x 


:?       H,% 


*  See  Tecumseh*s  ieitcr  to  Procior. 

t  ^t  thU  timt  tht  Britiah  army  ivere  short  of  au[l* 


12 


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lU 


HISTORIOAL 


17  But  the  savages  and  the  men  of  Britain  had  de- 
stroyed those  things  which  they  could  not  curry 
away,  and  fled  in  haste. 

18  So  M'Arthur,  in  whom  the  chief  captain  put 
much  Taith,  remained  at  Detroit  in  the  charge  thcrer 
of. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Harrison  saw  that 
the  host  of  Britain  fled  before  him,  he  departed  from 
Sandwich  and  went  afier  them  j  it  bciiig  on  the  se- 
cond day  of  the  next  month.         .  ...   i.o 

20  And  his  whole  army  followed  after  him,  in  al| 
About  three  thousand  brave  men  from  the  back-woods 
of  the  state  of  Kentucky  and  the  pleasant  villages  of 
Ohio.  .■-: 

2 1  Now  Harrison  was  a  mighty  man  of  valor,  and 
no  man  could  rauke  him  afraid  5  and  the  captains  an4 
oflicers  that  were  with  him  were  nil  valiant  men. 

22  And,  when  some  of  ^l«  captains  suid  unto  him^ 
ho !  there  is  a  feast  to-day  ;  go  thou  and  partake 
thereof,  and  refresh  thyself,  and  we  will  waich ; 

23  He  answered  and  said  unto  them,  Nay,  shall  I 
go  and  riot,  whilst  the  warriors  of  Columbia  lie  on 
the  frozen  ground  ?  t        .  - 

24  No,  their  fate  shall  be  my  fate  ;  and  their  glory 
shall  be  my  glory.  ..       <  -      Mi'r    •  1^ 

25  So  he  wr;:ipped  himself  in  his  cloakf  and  lay 
down  in  his  own  tent. 

26  And  the  husbandmen  of  Kentucky  were  led  on 
by  their  valiant  governor,  wh«se  name  was  Shelby, 
and  he  was  a  man  well  stricken  in  years ;  even  at 
the  age  of  threescore  did  he  go  against  the  enemies 
ef  Columbia  ;   and  all  the  people  rejoiced  in  him. 

27  And  the  gallant  Heiiy  staid  not  behind  ;  but 
freely  offered  his  stiength)  and  was  one  of  the  right 


t 


HEADER. 

hand  men  of  Harrison)  with  whom  he  followed  after 
the  host  of  Britain. 

33  Nevertheless,  it  hmppened  that  a  hnnd  cf  tim 
lavages  sirovc  to  give  hindrance  to  the  army  ot  Co- 
lumbia ; 

2i>  But  the  men  of  Coliunbia  let  two  of  the  destroy- 
ing engiues  loose  upoi:  them,  and  tliey  fled  Into  the 
"ftildciucss  iilve  wild  deer. 


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CHAP.  XXXIII. 


t,  V  ;■■ ' 


I. 


Jfattie  nf  i/ie    Thame a^-'G en.    ITarriaon  eafitvyea  ^ 
BritUh  army  under    Gen.    Proctor'-^iltuminuiioai 
§n  ac€Ouni  of  it-^tiexua  vf  it  received  tn   Jln^land. 


*?*>!>£>•:  *^ 


t  1 


,-^' 


A.ND  it  came  to  pass*  on  the  fifth  dajr  of  the  same 
month,  that  Proctc ,,  with  the  sayages  &nd  the  army 
•f  the  king,  rested  upon  advatltageous  ground)  on  the 
banks  of  the  river  ThameS) 

2  Where  he  drew  his  army  up  in  the  order  of  bat- 
tle, after  the  fashion  of  these  days«  and  prepared  him. 
self  to  meet  the  host  of  Columbia. 

3  Now  the  army  of  Proctor  was  mighty  ;  for  he 
had  a  thousand  horsemen :  but  the  number  of  the 
savages  that  followed  after  hini  apfi  iwt  known  to  this 
liine  ;  ho'.rbcit,  tiiey  were  many. 

4  And  they  were  under  the  ch.i'.'r'^  ka  .  chief  war- 
rior, whom  lliey  called  Tccumsch,  a  savage  whom 
tlie  king  had  made  a  chief  captain.* 

6  And  it  came  to  puss,  on  the  same  dry,  in  the 
'alter  part  of  the  day,  that  the  army  of  Harrison 
irew  Aiigh  unto  the  place. 


*  Bri^,  Oeneral* 


' .  .-■ 

■- 

w 

■'■ '   _''^*i**« 

READER. 


117 


t  And  h«  called  together  1  ?«  captains  of  fiftieth 
And  his  squadrons*  anU  encouraged  them,  and  com- 
manded them  to  prepare  themselves  for  the  ijght. 

7  And  he  put  the  host  of  Columbia  in  battle  array 
anrain&t  the  host  of  Britain,  army  against  army. 

B  Now  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  the  cymbal,  cho 
b\;^ie-horn,  and  the  noisy  drum,  echoed  through  the 
detp  wilderness. 

9  And  the  red'savages  appeared  in  the  field,  before 
the  men  of  Britain,  for  they  had  put  theni^  as  a  shield) 
in  the  front  of  the  battle.  ''^^- 

10  And  they  yelled  with  dreadful  yellings,  and 
sounded  aloud  the  war-whoopi  which  was  the  ^  gnal 
of  death.  -*,  .^ 

1 1  But  the  army  of  Columbia  rushed  upon  them 
with  the  fierceness  of  lions. 

12  And  the  weapons  of  war  were  used  without 
mercy;  the  foxes  and  the  beavers  crept  into  the ir 
holes,  for  the  destroying  engines  frightened  the  wild 
beasts,  so  that  they  looked  for  their  hiding  places. 

13  The  gallant  Johnson*  fell  upon  them  with  a 
band  of  chosen  horsemen,  and  he  drove  th§m  before 
him  like  chaff  before  the  wind,  and  smote  their  chief 
warrior,!  and  slew  him  with  his  own  hand,  so  that  hd 
fell  to  the  earth. 

14  And  the  host  of  Columbia  assailed  the  men  of 
Britain  on  all  sides,  and  overcame  them,  and  made 
them  prisoners  of  war;  whereupon  the  engines  ceas- 
ed to  utter  their  thunders. 


\f%-T' 


(»"' 


•  CoL  JohnsoTiy  of  the  Kentucky  light-horse, 

t   Tecumseh  ;  nvho  ivas  at  that  momer.i  ir,  (he  act  of 
9hooiing  Ihe  colonel, 

12  * 


:    > 


118 


HISTORICAL 


i  *■ 


15  Howbeit,  Proctor  escaped,  on  a  awift  running 
Korsc,  with  a  handful  of  his  captains  that  were  under 
him. 

16  Now  the  number  of  prisoners  captured  by  the 
army  of  Harrison  that  clay   were  afcout  six  hundretl. 

17  And  the  slain  and  wounded  of  the  men  of  l3ri- 
tain  were  thirty  and  three  ;  and  the  same  number  of 
savages  were  slain. 

18  Of  the  army  of  Columbia  seven  were  slain  and 
two  score  and  two  were  wounded.      -  "  "    ' 

19  But  the  men  of  Kentucky  and  Ohio,  whose 
sons  and  brothers  and  fathers  had  been  inhumanly 
slaughtered  at  iTie  River  Raisin,  slew  not  a  single 
captive.  ' 

20  But  they  treated  them  as  mrm  ;  thus  rendering 
eooD  rot.  JcviL.  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

21  Moreover,  (hey  captured  six  of  the  destroying 
engines  that  were  made  of  brass,  and  two  that  were 
made  of  iron  ;  besides  many  weapons  of  v/ar. 

32  Now  three  of  the  brass  engines  were  those 
given  to  the  men  of  Britain,  at  the  capture  of  Detroitf 
the  first  year  of  the  war,  and  were  the  same  that  had 
been  taken  from  the  king  in  the  duys  of  Washing- 
ton. 

23  Soon  after  the  battle,  Harrison  returned  with 
his  army  to  Detroit,  where  many  of  the  savages  had 
assembled  to  repent  of  their  evils,  and  ask  for  mercy 
from  the  chief  captain. 

*4  So  Harrison  made  a  Covenant  with  them,  and 
they  were  thankful,  and  gave  hiih  hostages. 

25  Now  there  were  great  rejoicin5);s  in  the  land  of 
Columbia,  and  the  hearts  of  the  people  were  exceed- 
ing glad. 


v. 


re  slain  and 


READER.  ll« 

26  S6  that  when  the  news  thereof  reached  them 
they  drank  wine  ;  and  when  the  evening  came  they 
lighted  their  candles^  and  put  them  in  candlesticks 
of  silver  and  candlesticks  of  gold,  and  placed  them 
in  the  windows  of  their  houses* 

27  And  there  were  many  thousands  of  them  ;  and 
ll\e  light  thereof  was  aa  though  the  stars  had  fallen 
IVom  heaven* 

28  This  did  they  throughout  the  land  of  Columbia, 
from  the  district  of  Maine,  in  the  east,  to  the  state  of 
Georgia,  in  the  south. 

29  And,  when  the  Prince  Regent,  and  the  chief 
counsellors,  and  'he  wise  men  ot  i^ritain,  heard  the 
tidings,  for  a  truth,  that  their  fleet  and  their  armj^ 
were  captured,  they  were  astonished  beyond  mea-* 
sure. 

30  They  looked  at  one  another  like  men  who  had 
lost  their  wits :  they  were  silent,  and  their  tongues 
clave  to  the  roof  of  their  mouths. 

3 1  Their  knees  smote  one  against  another,  for  the 
strength  of  Britain  was  shaken  ;  her  valiant  warriors 
had  lost  their  honor  ;*   and  her  li^lory  was   outshone. 

32  Now  there  were  great  honor  and  praise  be- 
stowed upon  Harrison  for  his  courage,  and  his  valiant 
acts  i  and  the  people  remembered  his  name  with 
pleasure* 

33  Moreover,  he  gave  great  prftise  to  Shelby,  the 
governor,  and  Perry,  and  Johnson,  and  all  the  brave 
men  that  were  wiin  him. 

34  And  in  the  same  month,  when  the  object  of  the 
army  was  fulfilled,  the  husb  launittu  of  Columbia  re- 
turned every  man  to  his  own  house.  ' 


•  Doubly  lust  I' ;  di/   water  and  by  land i    by  being 
conqueredf  and  by  being  cruel*' 


120 


.  HISTORICAL 


S5  But  Harrison  and  Perry^  and  the  band  of  war- 
riors of  the  great  Sanhedrim,  went  into  their  vessels. 

36  And  they  moved  from  Detroit*  and  came  in  the 
ships  of  Perry,  (o  Baffalo,  nigh  unto  the  river  Niaga- 
ra, to  meet  Wilkinson,  who  came  from  the  south, 
and  was  appointed  chief  captain  of  the  army  of  the 
centre^ 


V         *.      •■     T 


f   "■      '  '  ■ 

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RfiADEKri  . 


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.;r^v  CHAP.  xxxiv.:^;,::,^.''';v;.fc 


•':  •'.^. '! 


■^;*-W^' 


iP'ar  with  the  Creek  JAition  tf  Indians— ^ma/isacT'e  at 
Port  Mimmn-^Oeor^ia  and  Tennessee  tnilili^,  tcft" 
der  General  Jackaon  retaliate^  •■,•<> 


•W. 


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..-•* 


,f* 


riOW  it  came  to  pass,  iirhile  these  tbinga  were  go* 
ing  on  in  the  north,  and  the  repentant  savages  laid 
their  murderous  weapons  at  the  feet  of  Harrison^  ''^'^ 
3  That  the  servants  of  the  king  were  stirring  up 
the  spirit  of  Satan  in  the  savages  of  the  wilderness  of 
the  south  t  ■.;  ^,  rt .•^,, ■  w'iifVi^  if.-  -,  ■  ,■   >&v.  '•    ;-.  1 '■,;■ 

3  And  placing  the  destroying  enguies  into  thelf 
hands  that  they  might  shed  the  blood  of  the  people 
of  ColuiAbia.  • 

4  Now  those  south<3rn  barbarians  were  called  the 
Creek  nation  of  Indians. 

5  Morcovcri  tliey  were  a  nation  of  savages  that 
dwelt  in  the  back-woods  and  the  wilderness  round 
about  the  status  of  Georgia,  Tennessee,  and  the  Mis- 
sissippi Territory* 

6  So,  about  this  time,  they  took  their  weapons  of 
death  i;n  their  hands,  and  went  against  the  strong 
hold  of  Fort  Rlimms,  whicli  licth  on  a  branch  of  the 
river  Mobile,  that  empiieth  its  waters  into  the  great 
Gulf  of  Mexico. 


'm 


132 


HISTORICAL 


'  i  And  they  captured  the  place;  and  with  the  fury 
of  demons  they  niurdered»  with  the  tomakawk,  the 
nien,  the  womeni  and  the  infants  that  were  in  and 
about  the  fort,  spareing  neither  age  nor  ^ex ;  and 
slaying  the  prisoners  that  begged  for  mei-cy. 

8  And  the  number  of  the  people  of  Columbia  that 
were  massacred  and  burnt  alive  in  their  houses^  that 
day,  was  about  four  hundred  ;  however,  there  were 
an  ijundred  savagfeS  slain. 

9  For  it  was  a  sore  fight ;  and  Beasley,  who  com- 
manded the  fort,  fought  hard  aguin&t  them  ;  howbeit, 
he  was  slain. 

10  But  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  same  year,  that  the 
people  of  Columbia  were  revenged  of  the  evil : 

11  Andrew^  whose  sir-name  was  Jackson,  a  maa 
of  tourage  and  valor,  was  chief  captain  in  the  south  • 

13  And  he  !tent  out  one  of  bis  brave  captainS} 
whose  name  was  Coffee,  with  a  strong  band ;  even 
fiine  hundred  mighty  horscRten  r 

13  Now  these  were  the  valiant  husbandmen  of 
Georgia  and  the  t)ack-woods  of  Tennessee ;  their 
horses  irtte  fleet  as  the  roe-buck  ;  their  weapons  of 
war  were  certain  death. 

U  So  they  went  forth  against  a  town  of  the  stta- 
ges  called  Tallushatehes,  on  the  second  day  of  the 
tleventh  ftionth. 

15  And  on  the  next  day  tJiey  encompassed  the 
town  round  about  j  and  the  savages  prepared  them- 
selves for  battle. 

IG  About  the  rising  of  the  sun  they  sounded  their 
drums,  and  bqgfan  their  horrible  yellings. 

17  But  they  frightened  not  the  hearts  of  the  brave 
men  of  Tennessee^ 


*■'  • 


X 


,4.  > 


READpai^J^ 


123 


ith  the  fury 
lakawk,  the 
were  in  and 
?  %ex  i   and 

ilumbia  that 

house s>  that 

there  were 

,  who  com- 
n ,  howbeit, 

ear,  that  the 
3  evil :  _ 
cson,  a  man 
G  the  south ; 
ve  captainS} 
band;  even 

bandmen  of 
ssee ;  their 
AT  capons  o( 

of  the  8tf  a« 
day  of  the 

passed  the 
jared  them- 


}$  So  when  Coffee  had  stationed  hts  captains  and 
his  men  of  war  about  the  town,  in  the  order  of  battle^ 
the  whole  SLttfi^  shouted  aloud ; 

19  And  the  instruments  of  destruction   Were   let; 

loose  upon  them  op  all  sides ;   and  they  fought   with 
all  their  might 

20  But  the  men  of  Columbia  rushed  upon  them, 
and  subdued  them,  and  made  about  four  score  wor 
men  and  children  captive.       ^      ^         i?  *      -f^ 

2 1  And  slew  about  two  hundred  of  their  warriors  ; 
leaving  not  a  man  to  tell  the  tidings. 

22  For,  lo !  when  the  ravages  of  the  wilderness 
commit  great  evils  and  transgressions  against  the 
people  of  Columbia,  ^  j^  .- yk^^y.^i,  >     r 

23  The  great  Sanhedrim  of  ttie  people  send  out 
mighty  armies   against  them,  that  arc  able  to  over- )i 
throw  them,  and  make  their  towns  a  desolation,  and' 
lay  waste  their  habitations. 

2*4  Now  the  loss  of  the  army  of  Columbia  that  day, 
was  five  slain  and  about  forty  wounded. 

25  And  Jackson,  the  chief  captain,  gave  great 
praise  to  Coffee,  and  all  tlie  valiant  men  th^t  fouglit 
that  day.     '     '^^''  -*"x^     '  .    "'    -' 

29  On  the  next  day  after  the  battle,  the  army  of 
Columbia  returned  to  their  camp,  at  a  place  called 
the  Ten-Islands.  :   .    -. 


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134 


HISTORICAl, 


CHAP.  XXXV. 


.  Sv. 


Conthiuadon  of  the  WarntitA  the  Creeka^-Gen.  Jaek'> 
son*n  great  victory  over  them — they  9ue  for  peaeo 
r^a  treaty  19  concluded  with  them,    ;;^^-^ -•''  -'^r 


.f'^ 

> 


iJt^ 


NoI'VVITHSTANDING  their  cUscomfiture,  the 

lialion  of  the  Creeks   were  still    bent  on   warring 
against  the  people  of  Columbia.  ^  ^'^'^^  ^  #   **. 

2  An'l  they  committed  many  outrages  upon  the  in- 
habitants of"  iho  states  round  about.  -i«:.;  ♦ 

3  But  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  seventh  day  of  the 
sam^  montli,  that  a  messenger  came  to  Jackson)  the 
cj:ief  c:.ptain,  and  spake  unto  him,  saying: 

4  Lo  !  even  now,  more  than  a  thousand  sarages 
have  pitclied  their  tcqts  at  T^iHedoga,  near  the  strong 
hold  of  Lv.shley,  with  intent  to  assail  it. 

5  Immediiiiely  Jackson  took  two  thousand  hardjr 
men,  who  were  called  volunteers,  because  they  had 
unbolicited,  offered  Uuir  services  tp  their  country) 
and  led  them  against  the  savages. 

C  Now  the  men  of  war  that  followed  after  him 
w<  re  inostly  from  the  state  of  Tennessee,  and  men 
of  d.;unilci?.s  courage.  ^^   -  »:,      *     : 

7  .S(»,  early  iit  the  n.orning  of  the  next  day,  the  ar- 
my of  Jackson  drew  nigh  lUc  place,  in  battle  array. 


.■'•i'te- ■'<■':- 


*♦ 


HEADER. 


12;, 


^Gen.  Jaekm 
\iefor  fieaee 


mfiture,  the 
on   warring 


^  .-'^•: 


#  ■« 


upon  the  ih^ 

• 

h  4ay  of  the 
JacksoD)  the 

isand  savages 
ar  the  strong 

>U9ancI  haffljr 
mse  they  had 
tieir  country, 

'ed  after  him 
iee,  and  men 

:t  day,  the  ar- 
aitle  array* 


i  And  the  savages  can\c  out  towards  the  arn^.y  of 
Columbia^  with  shouting  and  yeHings  :  and  again  tho 
engines  of  destruction  were  used  plentifully. 

9  And  the  leaden  balls  whizzed  about  their  cai'^s 
like  unto  a  nest  of  hornets. 

10  But  the  horsenien,  and  the  whole  army  of  Jack- 
son^  rushed  upon  the  savages,  and  slew  them  with 
great  slaughter,  and  overcame  them. 

11  And  the  number  of  savages  slain  that  day  was 
about  three  hundred ;  and  a  red-cross  banner  of  the 
Spanish  nation  was  found  amongst  them,  and  taken." 

,13  Seventeen  pf  the  men  of  Columbia  were  slain, 
and  about  four  score  wounded. 

13  So,  when  the  battle  w^s  over,  Jackson  returned 
to  his  own  camp. 

14  After  these  things  had  come  to  pass,  oi)  the 
twelfth  day  of  the  month,  a  certain  captain,  whose 
sir-name  was  White,  was  sent  against  another  place 
called  the  Hillabee-Tpwns. 

15  And,  on  the  eighteenth  day  of  the  same  month, 
he  took  the  towns,  and  destroyed  them,  and  sit- w" 
three  score  of  the  savages,  and  made  about  two  hun- 
dred two  score  and  ten  prisoners. 

16  About  eleven  days  afterwards,  a  valiant  captain, 
whose  nan[^e  was  Floyd,  with  his  brave  men,  went 
against  the  towns  of  Autossee  and  Tallisee,  which 
lie  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Tallapoosie. 

17  And  Floyd  went  against  them  with  bolaitiesSf 
and  triumphed  oyer  them,  and  killed  aboutviwp 
iiundred  of  theni,  and  burned  their  towns  witft:^^«J 
and  slew  the  king  of  Autossee,  and  the  king  of/Tal- 
^isee,  who  were  the  ki.igs  of  two  tribes. 

18  Moreover,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  next 
ijjjGnth,  Claiborne,  a  governor,   and  a  man  of  yalor^ 


v^-^ 


■  *> 


126 


HISTORICAI. 


Avcnt  against  the  savages  that  dwelt  on  the  river  Ala- 
bama ; 

r.)  And  he  marched  with  his  army  through  the  wil- 
derness more  than  an  hundred  miles,  to  a  town  built 
upon  a  place  called  by  the  savat^es  the  Holy-ground, 
where  three  ol"  the  Indian  i)rophets  dwelt. 

'20  Now  there  were  lyinp;  prophets  among  the  sa- 
vages, even  as  there  were  in  the  days  ol"  old,  among 
the  children  of  Israel ;  and  they  prophesied  accord- 
ing to  their  own  wishes  j 

21  And  those  of  shallow  understanding  believed 
them,  and  were  led  into  a  snare,  whereby  their 
whole  tribe  was  nigh  being  destroyed. 

22  And  Wciherford,  the  chief  warrior  of  the 
Creek  nation,  was  there  abo  with  his  band. 

23  And  he  fought  hard  against  Claiborne  ;  but  he 
■was  overthrown,  and  lied,  and  the  town  was  burnt, 
even  two  hundred  houses. 

24  Notwithstanding  all  these  tribulations,  the  de- 
predations of  the  savages  of  the  south  were  not  stay- 
ed. 

25  So  Jackson,  the  chief  captain,  went  out  against 
them  with  his  army,  and  attacked  them  at  their  strong 
hold,  on  the  waters  of  the  Tallapoosie,  where  they 
•were  entrenched,  with  more  than  a  thousand  war- 
riors. 

26  Now  this  was  on  the  twenty  and  seventh  day  of 
the  third  month,  in  the  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fourteenth  year  of  the  christian  era. 

27  And  Jackson  set  his  destroying  engines  to 
"work,  and  fought  desperate'  against  them,  for  about 
the  space  of  five  hours ;  when  he  overcame  them,  so 
that  only  about  a  score  escaped. 

28  Seven  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  savage  warriors 
were  found  slain  in  battle  ;  and  two   hundred  two 


>.■¥■ 


READER.     I 


327 


river  Ala- 

gh  the  wil- 
L  town  built 
jly -ground, 

long  the  sa» 
old,  among 
ied  accord- 

■jg  believed 
Dvcby    their 

ior    of    the 

d. 

ne  ;  but  he 

\  was  burnt,    i 

ms,   the  de- 
2re  not  stay- 

t  out  against 

their  strong 

where  they 

>usand   war- 

iventh  day  o£ 
trht  hundred 

engines  to 
2m,  for  about 
ime  them,  so 

age  warriors 
hundred  two 


'joorc  and  ten  women  and  children  became  captives 
10  the  army  uf  Columbia. 

29  Manahocc,  their  chief  prophet,  was  smitten  in 
ihc  moulh,  aivJ  sluin,  and  two  other  f.iise  prophets 
were  slain  \v;;.h  him. 

Z'J  Moreover,  i'.hout  the  first  day  of  the  stix'.h 
month,  a  brave  m:wi,  whoiie  name  was  Pearson,  \\\A\ 
')ic  husbundmen  of  ihc;  states  of  North  and  Soiiili 
Carolina,  went  a,4;ainsl  th-nn  alorTg  the  hordcib  of  ilio 
Alabama,  and  captured  about  six  hundi-cd  crihtni. 

31  Thus  did  iho  nicn  of  Columbia  triumph  over 
ihem,  and  coiirpicr  them,  even  to  the  seventh  lime. 

32  And  so  the  ji;d;^'neut  cf  the  Lord  fell  upon 
them  for  tl'cir  umi;.>;!iie'jusiicss,  and  for  ihcii*  wic-i^-id 
and  murderous  deeds. 

33  After  which  they  repented  of  their  evilj  having, 

through  their  own  folly,   lost  many  thousand   war- 
riors. 

34  And  their  chief  warriors  gave  up  their  instru- 
ments of  destruction,  and  laid  them  at  the  feet  of 
Jackson,  the  chief  captain. 

35  Even  Wetherford,  the  chief  warrior,  gave  him- 
self up  to  Jackson,  saying,  I  fought  with  my  might ; 
but  I  have  brought  evil  upon  my  nation  ;  and  thou 
hast  slain  my  warriors;  and  I    myself  am  overcome. 

36  Now  the  savages  are  easily  imlamcd  and  roused 
to  works  of  sin  and  death  ;  and  of  their  weakness  the 
servants  of  the  king  are  not  ashamed  to  take  advan- 
tage ;  even  to  tlie  ruin  of  the  poor  and  ignorant  bar- 
barians. 

37  So  the  warriors  and  the  whole  nation  of  the 
Creeks,  being  tired  of  a  destructive  war,  entreated 
the  men  of  Columbia  for  peace,  saying  unto  Jack- 
son,      :\/?\, , 


V;3 


HISTORICAL 


38  Lo  !  now  are  our  eyes  opened  to  our  own  pvo^ 
lit ;  now  will  we  make  peace  with  you. 

59  And  if  ye  will  no  more  suffer  the  fire,  and  the 
sword,   and  the  destroying  engines  to  spread  desola 
:ioi>  amongst  uS) 

40  Then  will  we  make  a  covenant  with  you,  and 
give  you  for  on  inheritance  a  greut  part  of  the  land 
"whith  our  fathers  inherited  before  us. 

41  And  the  length  and  the  breadth  therr'of  shall  be 
about  as  large  as  the  whole  island  of  Briuin,  whose 
jncn  of  war  have  led  us  into  this  snare. 

43  For  although  the  king,  who  calleth  himself  ouf 
iuthei-,  across  the  great  waters,  did  put  the  insstru- 
inciits  of  death  into  our  hands,  and  give  us  the  black 
dust  in  abundance  ;  nevertheless  he  deceived  us  :  and 
in  the  hour  of  danger  his  servants  left  us  to  take  cave 
of  ourselves. 

43  So  Jackson  made  a  covenant  with  them;  and 
it  was  signed  by  the  chiefs  of  their  nation. 

44  And  after  it  had  been  examined  by  the  wise 
men  and  tlic  g-reat  SatiUedrim  of  the  people,  it  was 
ratltlcd  siiid  sii^ned  with  the  hand-writing  of  James^ 
itKi'  ci  iti  ('oveinor  of  the  land  of  Columbia. 


READEU. 


120 


pown  pvo^ 

re,  and  the 
cud  desola 

ith  you,  and 
of  the  land 

rof  shall  be 
t'\in,  whose 

himself  our 
t  the  instill- 
us  the  black 
ivcd  us :  and 
to  take  cave 

I  them ;  and 

n. 

y  the   wise 

joplc,  it  was 
ig  of  James, 
/la. 


CHAP.  XXXVI. 


Plan  of  attack  on  Afontrcal  dcfcatctl. 


1  HE  frailly  of  man  spcakcth  volumes :  one  mr^n  ac- 
cuseth  anolher  ;  but  wl;crc  is  he  who  is  perfect  : 

2  Man  dcviseth  mighty  plans  in  his  own  mind,  but 
he  accomplisheth  them  not. 

3  lie  is  wise  in  his  own  conceit,  but  his  wisdom 
faikth  him  :  he  seeth  folly  in  others,  but  pcrcelvcth 
not  his  own  ;  he  is  as  a  reed  slutktn  wiili  the  wind. 

4  Now  the  countrv  of  Colunibi.i  w:\s  assailed  on 
every  j>ide  by  tlie  enemies  of  freedom. 

5  And  in  the  hope  that  the  war  might  Fpccclily 
cease,  and  an  end  be  made  of  the  shedding-  of  blood, 
the  great  S  uihedrim  of  ihe  people  wished  to  push 
their  armies  into  the  heart  of  the  provinces  of  the 
king,  even  to  Montreal, 

6  So  tiiey  pitched  upon  certain  chief  captains,  W.h'& 
were  well  skilk'.l  ia  ihe  arts  (jf  warfare;  and  Wil- 
kinson and  Ilamoton  were  the  names  of  the  cap- 
tauis ; 

7  And  Brown,  and  Boyd,  and  Covington,  and 
Swift,  and  Coles,  and  Purdy,  and  Kipl'y  and  Sv/art-- 
W'oui,  aiul  Fraser,  and  many  otheis,  were  vuliant  cap- 
tains under  them. 

8  Mot  manv  davs  after  Harrison  returned  ("  om  his 
triumph  over   Proctor's  army  ;  and  in  the  saiue  veur, 

1  O    ^ 


;■♦' 


190 


HISTORICAL 


it  came  tc  pass  that  Wilkinson  conveyed  liis  army 
from  Fort  George  and  ihe  rountry  of  Niagara,  to 
Saclwctt't  Hnrboi,  at  the  east  end  of  lake  Ontario  ; 
•cavinj:^  riiirri'.'»on  and  M'Chirc  bcliinrl,  at  the  stronf; 
hold  oi  r'oit  Gcon^c. 

9  From  Sackcll's  Harbor  Wilkinson  moved  to  a 
p'.i'  0  called  Grenadier  Island;  and  in  the  first  week 
f)?  the  eleventh  month  he  arrived  at  Ogdensburgh,  in 
o;  '!cr  to  go  against  the  strong  hold  of  Montreal. 

iO  Now  the  army  of  Hampton  rested  nigh  unto 
lake  Champlain  ;  and  about  the  same  time  he  moved 
towards  the  borders  of  the  king. 

1 1  And  Wilkinson  sent  a  mcseenger  to  him  and 
entreated  him  to  come  and  meet  him,  and  join  the 
two  armies  at  the  village  of  St.  Regis. 

12  The  same  night  Wilkinson  with  his  army 
crossed  the  great  river  St.  Lawrence,  near  by  the 
strong  hold  of  Prescot)  which  lieth  in  the  dominions 
of  the  king. 

13  And  he  moved  down  with  about  six  thousand 
men  towards  the  hold  of  Montreal,  until  be  came  to 
a  place  called  i>  rystler'a  Farms,  nigh  unto  Williams* 
burgh. 

14  Now,  at  this  place,  on  the  eleventh  day  of  tho 
eleventh  month,  a  strong  band  of  the  men  of  war  of 
Britain,  from  Kingston  and  round  ;^)out,  fell  upon  his 
army  in  the  rear,  and  annoyed  them  greatly. 

15  At  length,  on  the  same  day,  a  part  of  the  army 
of  Columbia  turned  about,  and  fought  against  them 
and  drove  them  back  ;  however  it  was  a  sore  fight. 

16  Wilkinson,  the  chief  captain,  who  went  before 
the  host  of  (^.olumbia,  had  been  sick  many  days,  and 
was  unabl"  to  go  forth  against  them  himself. 

17  So  he  sert  some  of  his  brave  captains,  even 
Boyd,  and  Swartwout,  and  Covington  i  and  the  en- 


READEU. 


\n 


D<1  Ilia  army 

Niagara,  to 

c  Ontario  ; 

the  stronr; 

moved  to  a 
5  first  week 
nsburgh,  iti 
Ureal. 

nigh  Tinto 
c  he  movucl 

to  him  and 
nd  join  the 

h  his  army 
ear  by  the 
e  dominions 

ix  thousand 

he  came  to 

a  Williams* 

day  of  tho 
en  of  war  of 
fell  upon  his 
itly. 

of  the  army 
igainst  them 

sore  fight, 
went  before 
ny  days,  and 
elf. 

ptains,  even 
and  the  en- 


gincs  of  destruction  were  set  to  work  wlili  great 
noise  and  fu  y ;  and  the  valiant  Covfiigton  was 
n'ounded  unto  death. 

13  Moreover,  the  loss  of  the  men  of  Cf)]unibia  that 
(i  \y  Was  an  hundred  slain,  and  two  hundred  two 
s-  ore  and  ten  wounded,  and"  the  loss  of  the  king  was 
about  an  hundred  four  score  and  one. 

1;)  After  this  battle  the  army  of  Wilkinson  moved 
along  down  the  St.  Lawrence  until  they  came  to 
Barnhcarts,  near  Cornwall,  where  they  met  ihc  va- 
liant Brown. 

20  Now  this  place  licth  on  the  north  side  of  the 
river,  and  on  Uic  other  side  lieth  St.  Regis,  where 
Wilkinson,  the  chief  captain,  expected  to  be  joined  by 
the  army  of  Hampton,  from  Champlain. 

2 1  But  in  this  he  was  disappointed  ;  for,  }o  I 
Tlampton  sent  one  of  his  captains,  whose  name  was 
Aikinson^,  to  Wilkinson,  with  the  tidings  that  he  had 
(lo dined  to  meel  him,  and  was  returning  to  his  camp 
on  the  lake. 

22  Now  when  the  ininy  of  Wilkinson  heard  those 
things,  they  were  discouraged  ;  and  all  the  plans  that 
had  been  devised  by  Armstrong,*  the  chief  captain^ 
and  scribe  of  the  great  Sanhedrim,  were  of  no  avaih 

23  So  the  army  of  Wilkinson  crossed  the  river 
again  and  came  into  the  land  of  Columbia,  at  French 
Mills,  near  St.  Regis ;  where  they  went  into  winter 
quarters. 

24  And  the  men  of  Columbia,  even  the  great  San- 
hedrim, were  disappointed  in  their  expectations. 


•  Gen»  Armstrong,  Secretary  at  War. 


• », 


132 


HISTORICAL 


25  Moreover,  Hampton  received  much  blame  in 
llie  ilung  ;  and  he  was  even  taxed  with  the  crime  of 
drinking  too  freely  of  the  strong  waters. 

20  But  the  imaginary  evils  which  the  children  of 
men  commit  are  oftentimes  graven  in  brass,  whilst 
theii-  -^ctwrd  good  deeds  are  written  in  sand. 

27  Neither  shall  it  be  forgotten  here,  that  when 
the  shivering  soldiers  of  Columbia  were  suffering 
wiih  cold  in  the  north, 

28  The  lovely  and  patriotic  daughters  of  Columbia, 
blest  with  tenderness,  remembered  them,  and  sent 
them  coverings  for  their  hands  and  for  their  feet  : 

29  Even  from  the  fleece  of  their  fathers*  flocks, 
they  ^wrought  them  with  their  own  hands,  and  dis- 
iril)Uted  them  with  a  good  heart. 

30  And,  for  their  kindness  and  humanity,  the  poor 
soldier  blessed  them,  and  their  virtues  were  extolled 
by  the  men  of  Columbia  throughout  the  land.    - 


READER. 


153' 


CHAP,  xxxvir 

S\''ewark    burnt'^-^Fort    George    evacuated-^Ma^drd 
frontier  laid  Kvaute"— Buffalo  durnt. 


Jn  the  meantime,  however,  the  strong  vessels  of 
Chauncey  went  out  and  brought  Harrison,  and  the 
remnant  of  his  army,  from  Fort  George  to  Sackett'9 
Harbor,  to  protect  the  place. 

2  But  they  left  M'Clure  behind,  wi^h  the  men  un- 
der hini ;  being*  for  the  most  part  husbandmen,  called 
militia,  and  volunteers. 

3  And  they  were  eager  to  be  led  on  to  the  battle  i 
but  the  term  for  which  their  services  were  engaged 
having  expired,  they  returned  every  man  to  bis  own 
house. 

4  So  M'CIure,  the  chief  captain  of  the  fort,  called 
a  council  of  his  oiriee**,  and  they  agreed  to  depart  to 
the  stroDg  hold  of  Niag.ira. 

5  And  they  took  their  destroying  engines  and  the 
bl  ick  dust,  and  the  bread  and  meat  of  the  army,  and 
carried  them  across  the  river.  ''^W^ 

6  Likewise  they  put  a  lighted  match  to  tlV^&fack 
dust,  in  the  fort,  and  it  was  rent  asunder  wuh  .vgreat 
noise,  as  it  were  of  thunder  and  an  eanhf^uuke. 


134 


HISTORICAL 


T  ■Moreover,  they  burnt  the  town  of  Newark,  be- 
fore they  departed,  which  happened  oil  the  tenth  day 
of  the  twehih  n\ynih. 

8  Howbeit,  they  gave  the  inhabitants  ilme^to  save 
tliemselves,  before  thty  put  the  burning  torch  to  their 
dwellings;  ncverlheless,  it  was  an  evil  thing,  and 
pleased  not  the  people  of  Columbia. 

9  Tl;e  men  of  Columbia  were  not  cruel,  and  they 
put  none  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  to  the  sword. 

10  After  this,  it  came  to  pass  on  the  nineteenth 
clay  of  tliC  same  month,  early  in  the  morning,  before 
the  dawning  of  tliC  day,  about  fificcn  hundred  of  the 
Savages  and  soldiers  of  xhM.  king  crossed  the  riveP 
aiid  went  ai^'-iinbt  Niagara.   ' 

]  1  Aud  they  fell  unawares  upon  the  nicn  of  Co- 
lumbia, ■while  t'liey  were  yet  asleep  in  their  tents  ; 
and  overcame  them,  and  took  the  fort,  and  put  the 
garrison  to  the  sword  ;  even  the  women  and  children 
suiTered  under  the  savago  tomahawk. 

12  Nov,-  the  people  cf  Columbia,  who  were  massa- 
cred that  day,  were  about  two  hundred  two  score  and 
ten. 

13  But  the  c.Main  of  the  hold,  whose  name  was 
Leon'dril,  was  charged  with  the  evil  ;  for  he  had  left 
the  fort,  av.d  neglected  that  duty  which  should  ever 
be  tlie  pride  of  a  r>oldier. 

14  Nevertheless,  when  they  had  committed  all  this 
horrid  slaughter,  the  barbarians  were  not  fully  glut- 
ted with  murder  ; 

,  15  So  they  went  agidnst  the  little  villages  of  Lew- 
istown,  Jtlanchestcr,  Youngstown,  and  Tuscarora, 
and  burnt  them  with  fire,  and  slew  tiie  poor  aiid  help- 
less that  dwelt  round  about  the  place. 


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135 


cwark,  be- 
c  tcnlli  day 

me  to  save 
rch  lo  iheir 
thing,  and 


16  After  which,  at  the  close  of  the  jvenr,  they 
went  against  the  bjantiful  villaj^c  of  liufTalo,  and 
burnt  it  also ;  and  mude  it  a  ruin  and  a  desolation, 


il,  and  they 
the  sword, 
riinetecath 
iin;^,  before 
dred  of  the 
id  the  riveP 

ri^-cn  of  Co- 
theii-  tents  ; 
and  put  the 
id  children 

vere  iiaassa- 
score  and 

n&me  was 

he  i»ad  left 

ihould  ever 

[tted  all  this 
fully  glut- 


[es  of  Lew- 
Tu&CLirora, 

n-  and  help- 


Jio 


UISTORICAL 


CHAP.  XXXVIII. 


Cruise  of  the  U.  S.  frigate    EsscXi  D.  Porter  cQni' 
?na?i(ler — /ler  defence  and  ca/iturey  at  Fai/iaraisop 


jN  OW  while  the  great  lakes  and  rivers  were  bound 
in  fellers  of  ice,  and  the  armies  of  Columbia  slum- 
bered in  the  winter  camps  of  the  north  ; 

2  And  whilst  the  conquering  sword  of  Jackson 
spread  ruin  and  desolation  among  the  misguided  sa- 
vages of  ihe  south ; 

3  Lo !  new  scenes  of  warflire  appeared  upon  the 
waters  of  the  great  deep. 

4  In  ihe  first  year  of  the  war  David>  whose  sir- 
name  was  Porter,  sMled  from  the  shores  of  Coluiiif 
bia  towards  the  south,  tliat  he  might  capture  the  ves- 
sels of  the  men  of  Britain. 

5  And  the  ship  which  he  commanded  was  one  of  | 
the  strong  vessels  of  Columbia,  called  the  Essex. 

6  Now  David  was  a  valiant  man,  and  he  had  con- 
trived a  plan  to  annoy  the  commerce  of  Britain  in  the 
waters  of  the  great  Pacific  Ocean. 

7  So,  in  process  of  time,  he  passed  around  the  fur- 
thermost part  of  the  land  of  Cplumbia,  which  is  call- 
ed Cape  Horn,  and  lieth  far  to  the  south ;  near  the  | 
country  of  Patagonia,   which  is  inhabited  by  the  bar- 
barians, ai>d  sailed  toyvards  the  haven  of  V  alparais.c. 


READER. 


isr 


).  Porter  com" 


;ared  upon  the 


8  From  whence,  leaving^  Chili  to  the  south,  he 
moved  along  the  coast  of  Peru,  till  he  came  to  Lima, 
^vli«re  it  never  rains : 

9  A  country  where  gold  and  silver  are  found  in 
abundance,  and  where  there  is  one  continual  summer^^^jj-. 
and  the  trees  blossom  throughout  the  year. 

10  Again,  he  prepared  his  vessels,  and  sailed  from 
Lima  towards  the  north,  until  he  fell  upon  the  islands 
of  Gallapagos;  called  the  enchanted  islands. 

1 1  Now  these  islands  lie  upon  the  west  side  of  the 
great  continent  of  Columbia,  under  a  meridian  sun, 
beneath  the  girdle  of  the  world. 

12  Hereabouts  he  captured  a  multitude  of  the  mer" 
chant  ships  of  Britain,  laden  with  rich  merchandize^ 
and  silver  and  gold. 

13  And  he  fixed  a  score  of  the  destroying  engines 
into  one  of  the  ships  he  had  taken  ;  and  made  her  a 
fighting  vessel,  and  called  her  name  Essex  Junior, 
and  a  man;  whose  name  was  Downs,  he  made  cap- 
tain thereof. 

14  And  he  fell  upon  the  fishermen  c  '  Britain,  and 
captured  those  who  went  out  to  eatch  the  mighty 
whales,  which  afford  oil  to  give  us  light  m  the  night 
time,  and  bones  to  shade  our  daughters  from  the 
scorching  sun  of  the  noon»day. 

15  Moreover,  David  went  to  an  island  where 
dwell  wild  savages,  and  established  himself  so  that  he 
could  go  out  and  return  whensoever  he  chose. 

16  And  when  he  departed  from  the  island,  which 
he  cMlcd  after  the  chief  governor  of  the  land  of  Co- 
lumbia in  those  days,*  he  left  some  of  his  men,  with 
the  weapons  of  war  to  defend  the  place. 


*  Mudiaon  Island, 

14 


138 


HISTORICAL 


17  Now  Divid  was  a  grievous  thorn  in  the  side  of 
Britain,  and  he  almost  destroyed  her  commerce  in  the 
South  Seas: 

18  Inasmuch  as  he  put  the  wise  men  of  the  king 
to  thcii'  wits  end  ;  for  they  were  unable  to  out-sail 
him  and  take  him  captive. 

19  So  they  sent  their  strong  ships  in  search  of  him, 
by  two's,  over  the  whole  face  of  the  waters  of  the 
Southern  Ocean  ;  and  the  expense  thereof  would 
have  made  wore  than  two  feasts  for  the  Prince  Re- 
gent, who  govcpicd  Engh'.nd  in  the  name  of  his  far 
thcr. 

20  However,  it  came  to  pass,  that  David  returned 
again  in  his  ship  to  the  haven  of  Valparaiso;  and  the 
vessel,  called  the    Essex  Junior,  atconipanied  hirn. 

21  Now  Downs,  who  commanded  her,  had  been 
to  the  place  before,  and  conducted  ijie  prizes  of  Da- 
vid therp,  and  brought  him  the  tidings  that  he  was 
likely  to  be  ensnared  upon  the  waters. 

22  So,  whilst  David  was  there,  on  the  twenty- 
eighth  day  of  the  third  montli,  in  thp  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  fourteenth  year  of  the  Clu'istian  era, 

23  He  looked  around,  and  behold !  he  saw  two  of 
the  strong  ships  of  Britain  approaching,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  hemming  him  in  ;  the  one  called  the  Phoebe, 
and  the  other  the  Cherub. 

24  But  his  heart  sank  not  within  him,  for  he  knew 
no  cowardice  ;  but,  with  tlic  wisdom  of  a  brave  man, 
he  strove  to  escape,  as  the  vessels  were  top  pov>erful 
for  him. 

25  But  the  winds  were  adverse,  and  blew  hard, 
and  prevented  the  tacklings  of  his  ship  from  taking 
effect : 

26  Nevertheless,  David  said  nnto  the  captains  of 
the  king,  Come  singly,  and  r.ot  like  cowards,  upon 


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139 


inc ;  then  shall  yc  receive  the  thunders  of  the  free- 
men of  Columbia  abundantly  ; 

27  Aiid  her  fame  shall  not  suffer,  although  in  the 
contest  ye  may  destroy  my  vessel  upon  the  face  of 
the  wat'.M's. 

23  Dut  llillyar,  the  captain  of  the  king's  ship  call- 
ed the  Phoebe,  was  afraid  lest  he  should  be  over- 
come. 

29  Now,  when  David  found  he  was  unable  to 
make  good  his  escape,  he  drew  nigh  tb.e  land,  that  he 
might  be  protected  by  the  great  law  of  nations;  for 
it  was  a  place  friendly  to  both  parties. 

30'  But  in  tl'.is  he  was  deceived  ;  for  the  authorities 
of  Spain  trembled  at  the  nod  of  the  servants  of  Bri- 
tain, in  whom  there  was  no  faith. 

31  So  both  vessels  came  upon  him,  like  ravenous 
wolves,  in  the  very  haven  of  Valparaiso;  thus  trans- 
gressing the  law  of  nations,  and  committing  an  out-' 
rage  wliich  hath  few  examples  under  the  sun. 

32  And  they  set  their  engines  to  work  upon  the 
Essex  with  all  their  might. 

33  Nevertheless,  David  fought  against  them  with 
desperation,  for  there  was  no  hope  left  for  him  to  es- 
cape ;  neither  did  he  expect  mercy. 

84  And  he  held  out  for  more  than  the  space  of  two 
hours,  when  he  became  overpower;;d ;  having  his 
ship  a  sinking  wreck,  covered  with  blood,  and  on  fire  ; 
with  about  an  hundred  and  fifty  of  his  men  slain  and 
maimed. 

35  So,  after  David  had  fought  hard,  he  became 
captive  to  the  ships  of  the  king ;  who  had  also  $ome 
of  their  men  slain,  and  some  wounded. 

36  Moreover,  Hillyar  gave  him  praise  and  called 
him  a  man  oL*  courage ;  for  he  fought  against  two 
Strong  ships  of  IJritain. 


J4Q 


HISTORICAL 


37  And  David  made  a  covenant  with  Hillyal*,  in 
Avhich  the  Essex  Junior  was  given  unto  him  and  his 
men,  that  they  might  return  in  her  again  to  their  own 
country. 

38  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  seventh  month  of 
the  same  year  of  the  battle,  David  arrived  in  the 
city  of  New -York  ;  having  been  absent  about  twa 
years* 

39  Now  'vvhcn  the  people  of  Columbia  beheld  the 
valiant  Porter,  they  were  rejoiced  with  exceeding 
great  joy;  inasmuch  as  they  unharnessed  the  horses 
from  before  his  chariot,  and  drew  h^m  through  the 
rity.  .     r 

40  And  they  made  a  sumptuous  feast  for  him,  and 
Invited  a  multitude  of  guests  ;  And  spent  the  day  in 
i^"]:\dnes3  and  ftiirtb.  % 


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^;. 


'/.., 


HEADER. 


141 


Hillyaf,  in 
him  and  his 
to  their  own 

1  month  of 
ived  in  the 
about  two' 

•  . 

a  beheld  the 
exceeding 
d  the  horses 
through  the 

f - 
or  him,  and 
nt  the  day  in 


CUM\  XXXIX. 

Cafiture  'of  the  U  S.  doofi  of  war  Froilc,  by  the 
Brltixh  frigate  Or/iheus — cafitiire  of  the  British 
sloofi  of  IV  ir  U  Hjiervier,  by  the  Peacock^'  .Cafit* 
Wnrrifigton — cafiture  of  the  ReindeeVy  by  the 
Wu,i/u  Cafit.  Blakcbj — the  Avon  rafitured  arid 
sunk — [7.  S.  jesfif/^  Syren  arid  Hattleanakc  ca/i' 
Cured — 4dmiral  Coch*-nne  deciarca  the  whole  Amer- 
ican coa6't  in  a  state  q/'  blockade,  > 


^v. 


'Ja^ 


jSOW  it   happened  on  the  twenly-first  day  of  the 

fourth  month  of  the  eighteen  hinidreu  and  IVjiirtcentU 
year,  that  on-J  of  the  strong  ships  of  tlic  kinr;,  called 
the  Orpheus; 

2  lieiiig-  upon  the  waters  of  the  p,rcat  deep,  fell  in 
with  a  small  vessel  of  the  United  Statesj  called  the 
Frolic,  and  m  -de  capuiie  'hereof. 

3  However,  in  the  s.aine  in»'ith.  not  many  days  af- 
terwards, a  fi:.:;htin,^  v  ssfl  of  Columbia,  called  the 
Peacock,  commanded  by  the  brave  Warrington,  rnct 
one  of  the  vessels  of  ilie  king- 

4  Now  they  were  ai>om  equal  in  force;  and  th» 
name  of  the  ves^«.l  of  LJrituin  was  called  L'Epervier, 
and  the  captaiii'a  name  was  W'aliis. 

5  And  they  sat  the  ens^ines  of  d:t;,'. ruction  to  work, 
■a:id  fought  with  great  fury  for  the  .'^pace  of  fu;ty 
minutes  J  • 

14  * 


142 


HISTORICAL 


f 


6  When  the  mariner^  of  Columbia  overcame  the 
servants  of  the  kingi  nad  the  vessri  of  Oritain  struck 
her  red-cross  to  the  ship  of  Warrington. 

7  And  tbore  were  blain  and  wouiulfd  of  the  ser- 
vants of  the  kinjj  uhoui  twenty  and  three  ;  but  there 
were  none  slain  of  the  people  of  Columbia. 

8  Moreover,  Warrington  gat  about  an  hundred 
and  twenty  thousand  pieces  of  silver,  that  were  in  the 
vessel. 

9  And  he  received  great  priu«e  throughout  the 
land  for  ihiH  galluiit  exploit.      ;^'        ' 

10  And  the  great  Sanhedrim  thanked  him  and  gave 
him  a  medal  of  gold.  ^* 

1 1  Likewise,  the  people  of  Savannah,  a  chief  town 
in  the  state  of  Georgia,  being  a  ih«usand  miles  to  the 
south  of  New- York,  honored  him  greatly. 

12  For  he  had  brought  both  vessels  into  their  port ; 
and  thtre  were  much  rejoicings  ;  and  a  rich  feast 
Wiis  prepared  for  him  by  the  people. 

13  Mo  cover,  it  cuMie  to  pass,  on  the  twenty-eighth 
day  t  f  t.'ie  sixth  month,  that  one  of  the  fighting  ships 
oi  Columljia,  called  ihc  Wasp,  met  a  vessel  of  the 
king  upon  the  oi:ean  culled  the  Reindeer;  after  one 
oi  the  swift  running  jiiiniuls  of  Columbia. 

1^  Now  ihti  W  Hsp  w.  s  coninHuded -by  a  man  of 
courage;  w  nose  n:  rikc  was  ^'lakcly. . 

15  Ami  a  ilreL.diwJ  battle  be,v;;'iii  ;  and  the  ntiscliiev- 
ous  bails  of  dcaii  uciiou  showered  around  with  ire- 
nitndoiis  noise 

16  N\ verihtless,  Blakely  ran  down  upon  the 
Rcii:dcer,  aikU  in  about  ?.WN.nty  minutts  iie  captured 
her. 

17  But  her  captain  was  slain,  and  she  was  as  ife 
were  a  wreck  upon  the  waters  j  so  lilakely  destroy- 
ed her. 


READER. 


UJ 


18  The  loss  of  the  king,  in  killed  ami  wounded 
that  day,  wao  about  seTenty  and  five;  und  five  of  the 
men  of  Columbia  were  slain,  and  about  a  score 
maimed,  ^^  "■ 

19  And  the  friends  of  the  great  Sanhedrim  were 
pleased  with  the  valiant  acts  of  Ulakely. 

20  Moreover,  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  the 
eighth  month,  the  Wasp  captured  arioiher  ship  of 
the  king,  called  the  Avoni  and  sunk  her  to  the  bot- 
tom of  the  great  deep. 

SI  And  the  tlahi  and  wounded  of  the  Avon)  was 
two  score  and  two.  •  *-  .X'.    ,4^ 

22  Huwbeit,  about  the  same  time,  the  Syren  and 
the  Rattlesnake*  fell  intp  the  hands  of  the  king. 

23  /kbout  this  time,  the  whole  land  of  Columbia 
was  ordered  to  be  hemmed  in  by  Cochrane,  a  ser- 
vant of  the  king,  and  a  chief  captain  of  the  navy  of 
Britain.  ^      .*< 

24  But  all  their  blockades  were  of  no  avail ;  for 
the  men  of  Columbia  escaped  and  outwitted  them. 


•  U,  S>  achoontr  and  hrig^  about  U  gung  each. 


m 


ir 


4U 


HISTORICAL 


ii  * 


CHAP.  XL. 


■<il  :- 


Bf'eak'ing  ufi    of  the   cantonment  at  French   Afilh~-- 
■  (iffair    at    La- Vole 'Mill"— Major   Afxfilini^  cnfUureit 
two    hundred    British  8eamen~—Gcn.    Jiroivn   caji* 
turci  Fort  Erie-'^attle  of  Chi/ijtawa  Jilainn» 


^y. 


,1 


\ 


JN  OW  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  second  month  of  the 
same  year  in  which  David  gat  home  to  the  United 
States, 

2  That  the  armies  of  the  north  heg:iin  to  he  in  mo* 
tion,  and  depai  ted  from  the  place  call',  ti  French 
Mills,  where  ihuy  were  encamped. 

o  And  a  part  thereof  moved  towards  Piatlsburfifh, 
on  lake  Champlain  ;  and  was  conmnndi d  by  a  brave 
man,  whose  n^-mc  w^s  Macomb,  and  \Viikiuson,  the 
chief  captain,  folio  vvcd  after  them. 

4  But  the  other  part  of  the  host  commanded  by 
Jacob,  whose  sir-name  was  Brown,  wont  to  S.ic';ett*3 
Harbor  ;  and  from  ihence  a^i;aiii:a  the  strong  hold  of 
Niagara. 

5  And  it  vVas  so,  that  whin  Wilkinson  heard  that 
Jacob  had  gone  aij.iinst  Niagara  .  he  nuirshAlled  out 
his  f  rce,  and  went  icraijist  a  place  in  ihc  province  of 
the  king,  called  La-Colc-Mill,  to  lake  it. 


'*f:' 


ItEADER. 


U5 


6  Nevertheless,  he  failed,  ond  lost  many  men  ;  af- 
ter which  the  command  of  the  army  was  j^ivcn  lo  a 
chief  captahi,  whose  name  was  Izard. 

7  In  the  meanwhile  many  ot  the  cvih  of  w  irfare 
were  committed  on  and  about  the  vruters  of  Ontiuio 
(md  the  great  lake  Erie. 

6  And  a  gallant  captain,  whose  name  was  Ap- 
pliny,*  took  about  two  iiundi'cd  c  f  the  mui  irior.")  of 
the  royal  nary  of  Britulo,  p.i  a  pl::«-e  c.ulcd  Saiuly 
Creek,  by  the  watcrii  of  lake  Ontiuia  ;  l;(:ing  iu  the 
same  month  that  the  strong  liuW  of  Oaifc;;o  wi^ 
taken  by  the  men  of  Biituin.  *^^" 

9  Now  on  the  third  dfy  of  the  :,cvcjith  month,  it 
came  to  pass,  that  Jacob,  the  chief  captain  of  tho 
host  of  Cohirabja,  on  the  borderfi  of  ihe  river  Ni^jju- 

10  Having  prepared  hh  oien  '.eSurehand,  cro«?scc!' 
the  river  and  captured  fort  Eric,  and  an  hundred 
thirty  ancl  seveji  o^  he  ^jldiersof  the  kinjj,  and  somd 
of  the  dcsiroyiug  en  pines  ; 

1 1  And  tiic  next  (by  bcin;r  the  anniversary  of  the 
independen.  c  ci  Columbia,  uficr  having  left  some  o^ 
the  men  of  ^var  to  defend  the  pl^ce, 

12  Ht;  moved  witii  liis  host  towards  the  plahis  pjf 
Chippawa,  where  they  rested  for  the  night. 

1;^  On  the  next  day  Jacob  assembled  his  captains 
of  hfiies,  and  his  captains  of  hundreds,  and  spake  un-* 
to  them,  saying* 

14  Lo  !  the  army  of  the  king  are  mighty  men  of 
yalor,  and  their  numbers  are  great,  even  those  who 
fought   in    Spain   under  tne   banners  of    VVclling- 


mmmmmtmi  l  r    nil     I  I        I 


'  >»■  '■■  "J      f      «l  I  I  I  I  I    I  I 


*  MaJT  J  It  filing. 


f-  •.•^ 


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145 


HISTORICAL 


ton,*  the  chief  warrior  of  Britain  ;  and  Riall,  the 
tliicf  captain  of  the  host,  is  a  man  of  great  experi^ 
ence  :    ,  •    ,  • 

15  Nevertheless,  be  not  disheartened  ;  but  let  us 
beware  that  we  be  not  ensnared;  ■ 

16  So  he  prepared  hia  army  to  go  against  the  host 
bf  Britain,  in  battle  array;  a;Kl  the  soldiers  of  Co- 
liimhia  shouted  for  the  buttU. 

17  Now  the  army  of  liritain  rested  upon  the 
plains  of  Chippawa,  and  *vere  ready  to  meet  th^  ar- 
Iny  of  Columbia  ;  they  shouted  aloud,  and  inflamed 
their  blood  with  the  strong  'tvattrs  of  Jamaica'. 

18  And  they  put  fire  to  the  black  dust  of  the  de- 
stroying engines;  and  a  great  noise  is&ucd  from  tlie 
iiifjuihs  thercofi 

19  Moreover,  they  vomited  fire  and  smoke  and 
trimstone  incessantly,  and  with  the  movements  of  tho 
armies  the  dust  of  the  earth  arose  and  overshadowed 
tlie  field  of  slaughtei'. 

20  And  the  heavy  balls  of  iron  whistled  about  thenl 
in  abundance. 

2!  lio\Vever,  the  skill  of  Jacob,  and  his  brave  cap- 
tains^ ,  became  manifest,  and  ihey  drove  the  host  of 
Britain  before  them, 

,    2  2  And  compelled  tbem  to  flee  to  their  sfrong  en* 
Irenchmenls  at  Fort  George  and  Fort  Niagara. 
23  And  the  field  of  battle  was   covered  with  the 
.  felain  and  liie  maimed  ;    even  eight  hundred  men. 
''-'^    2i  And  the  slain  and  wounded  of  the  servants  of 
the  king  were  about  five  hundred. 

23  So  Jacob  and  his  army  gat  great  praise,  and  all 
the  wairiors  of  Columbia  that  fought  that  day  : 


2( 

stat< 
on 
2 
^yho 


*  Loj'd   IVcllington. 


nst  the  host 
icrs  of  Co- 


■■^■.,  ,». 


V 


READER. 


147 


26  Amongst  whom  were  tl)e  volunteers  of  the 
states  of  New-York  and  Pennsylvania,  who  were  led 
on  by  the  gallant  Porter** 

27  And  Ripley  was  there,   and  the  bravo    Scott 
\yho  went  out  and  fought  in  the  heat  of  the  battle. 


^  Qens,  Porter,  Ei/ilcy,  and 


*  (  I  ;  f. 


;•#: 


w''io(;,r 


,»■'■' 


smoke  and 
icnts  of  tho 
;rshadowed 


'^t* 


.'^*; 


*^ 


#■ 


"^"tt'ti; 


\ , 


)48 


mSTORICAL 


.   .1 

'A 

CHAP.  XI^L 

>         ' 

-    t' 


Battle  of  BridgewatfT, 


Now  about  this  time  there  was  peace  among  tlia 
etrong  powers  of  Europe  ;  and  the  strength  of  Bri* 
tain  was  free  to  be  employed  against  the  people  of 
Columbia.         '  > 

2  So  she  increased  her  navy  on  the  shores  of  Co- 
lumbia, and  strengthened  her  armies  in  Canada ;  and 
gent  skilful  men  to  conduct  them  and  to  fight  her  bat- 
tles : 

3  And,  in  her  spite,  she  emptied  out  the  vials  of 
her  vengeance  upon  the  United  States. 

4  Notwithstanding,  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  twenty 
fifth  day  of  the  same  month. 

5  That  another  bloody  battle  was  fought  hard  by, 
a*,  a  place  called  B ridge vviiter,  from  whence  ye  might 
behold  the  stupendous  water-falls  of  Niagara. 

6  There  the  army  of  Britain  came  out  against  Ja- 
cob, with  a  host  of  five  thousand  chosen  men.  i 

7  Now  the  numbers  of  the  host  of  Columbia  were 
Jess  than  the  host  of  the  king,  who  were  commanded 
by  two  chief  captains^  the  one  named  Drummond,* 
and  the  other  Riall ; 


J 


*  Gen*  Drummond, 


READER- 


149 


ice  among  iba 
jngth  of  Bri* 
the  people  of 

shores  of  Co- 
Canairta;  and 
fight  her  bat? 

Ut  the  vials  of 

on  the  twenty 

ught  hard  by, 
ience  ye  might 
Jiagara. 
out  against  Ja- 
j  men.  « 

olumbia  were 
re  comman^led 
Drummond,* 


umii'W-ri 


S  Nevertheless,  Jacob  went  out  against  them  ancl 
gave  them  battle  :  and  the  army  of  Columbia  shoiii- 
ed  alowd ;  and  the  battle  waxed  hot  beyond  niex- 
Bure.  ,.,.;,'.  -       ..V. 

9  And  it  lasted  for  the  space  of  seven  hours  ; 
even  until  the  midnight. 

10  The  huge  engines  of  destruction  roared  as  the 
loud  thunder,  and  the  blaze  thereof  was  like  unto 
flushes  of  lightning. 

1 1  But  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  army  of  Columbia 
drove  the  invincibles  of  Wellington  from  the  field. 

12  The  valiant  Miller,  with  his  band,  rushed  up- 
rr  the  soldiers  of  the  king,  with  the  sharp  points  of 
hi  ipons  of  war,  that  faintly  glittered  in  the 
lijjku  of  the  moon,  and  oveixame  them  *         r^    • 

13  Moreover,  Drummond,  the  chief  captain  of 
llie  king,  was  wounded,  and  in  danger  of  being  jntwde 
captive  ;  and  Riall,  the  chief  captain,  was  taken  and 
fell  into  the  hands  of  the  brave  Jessup.f 

14  Aad  Jacob,  the  -chief  captain  of  the  host  of 
Columbia,  was  sorely  wounded;  and  the  brave'^ 
Scott  was  wounded  also. 

15  However,  this  was  a  dreadful  battle,  fought 
army  against  army,  and  blood  and  slaughter  covered 
the  green  fields. 

l(i  The  loss  of  the  king,  was  about  a  thousand  and 
t\v.)  hundred  fij^hting  men,  who  came  to  lose  in  the 
land  of  Columbia  the  honor  they  won  in  Europe. 


*  Miller*s  brilliant  charge  on  the  enemy*    ;  "• 


t  Major  Je«su/7,  of  the  25  th  Re^, 

15 


(J 


150 


HISTORICAL 


17  The  loss  of  the  men  of  Columbia  was  also  very 
great ;  beings  an  hundred  three  score  and  ten  slain^ 
and  more  than  five  hundred  maimed. 

18  Now  as  Jacob)  the  chief  captain  of  the  host  of 
Columbia  was  wounded,  the  charge  wai  given  to  the 
valiant  Ripley,  and  the  army  returned  to  the  strong^ 
hold  of  Fort  Erie. 

19  And  Jacob  and  his  brave  men  gained  great 
praise  throughout  the  land  of  Columbia* 


■ « 


I 


•■\ 


READER:. 


151 


ras  also  very 
nd  ten  slain, 

f  the  host  of 
given  to  the 
o  the  strong 

;ained  great 


^  CHAP.  XLII. 

Jssauli  on  Fort  iir/>,  by  the  British,  under  Gen. 
Drummond — Gen.  Brown  resumes  his  command 
— sallies  out  of  Fort  Erie  against  the  British  camfi 
'-^M*jirthur*s  ex/iedition  into  Canada. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  fourth  duy  of  the 
next  month,  being  the  same  day  that  the  gallant 
Morgan,  with  two  hundred  and  tw^o  score  men, 
drove  a  thousand  soldiers  of  the  king  from  before 
Black  Rock, 

2  That  a  chief  captain  of  Columbl?,  whose  name 
was  Gaines,*  arrived  from  Sackctt's  Harbor  at  Tort 
Krie  ;  and  took  the  command  thereof. 

3  And  it  was  so,  thiit  on  the  following  day  the  ra'« 
my  of  the  king  approached  towards  the  lort,  and  en- 
camped themselves. 

4  Moreover,  they  threw  up  breast-works  and  pre- 
pared their  battering-rams,  with  intent  to  destroy 
the  place,  and  make  captives  of  the  men  of  Colum- 
bia. 

5  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month,  after  they 
had  prepared  themselves,  they  rushed  forth  with  all 
their  might  against  the  strong  hold  of  Columbia. 


•  Oe?i.  Gaines. 


153 


HISTORICAL 


6  And  as  their  deeds  were  evil,  they  began  in  tlic 
dead  of  the  night,  iv!»en  the  howlinfjei  of  the  wild- 
welfare  heard  from  afar,  andihc  steady  roar  of  dis* 
tant  wat^er  fails,  calchei  the  ear  of  the  drowsy^  centi- 
nei.   '■'' 

7  Lo !  it  was  a  night  dark  and  gloomy  ;  and  the 
very  clouds  of  heaven  wept  for  the  folly  of  nrm.* 

«  Quickly  dirl  the  weapons  of  murder  disturb  and 
trouble  the  general  silence. 

9  Their  ihuaders  roared  around  the  battlements; 
and  the  sudden  blaze,  from  the  engines,  was  as  ft 
thousand  flushes  of  lightning. 

10  But  the  men  of  Columbia  were  oot  asleep; 
•for  they  met  them  at  the  onset  :  thrico  the  men  of 
Britain  came ;  and  thrice  were  they  driven  back^ 

1 1  About  this  time,  a  man  of  Columbia,  who 
was  sorely  wounded,  begged  of  an  officer  of  the 
Jiing  that  his  life  might  be  spared  ; 

i2  But  the  captciin,  whose  name  was  Drummond  f 
to  whom  he  spake,  refused  him  quarters ;  and,  tak- 
ing an  oath,  he  sv/orc,  and  cursed  the  men  of  Co- 
lumbia, saying,  Even  as  I  slay  thee,  so  shall  it  be 
with  yc  all. 

13  Thus  violating  the  commandment  of  God, 
which  sayeth,  Thou  shalt  do  no  murder. 

14  But  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  stretched  out 
against  him  ;  for  while  he  was  yet  speaking,  in  liio 
wickedness  of  his  heart,  i^e  was  smitten  dead  to  tl.r 
earth. 


•  It  was  a  rainy  night » 
t  Col.  Drummond. 


READER. 


1 .-  '•» 


^     ' 


began  in  tlic 
)f  the  wild- 
f  roar  of  (lis* 
irowsy^  centi- 

my  ;  and  the 
'  of  nr».n.* 
E*  disturb  and 

battlements; 
iS)  was  us  ft 

oot  asleep ; 
ZQ  the  racn  of 
riven  back^ 
lumbia,    who 
officer  of  the 

Drummonclf 
Urs ;  and,  tak- 
men  of  Co- 
,  so  shall  it  be 

nent  of   God. 

URDEH. 

,  Stretched  out 
>eaking,  in  iti'o 
en  dead  to  tl.o 


15  Now,  although  the  men  of  Erltain  did  some 
injury  to  the  foi't,  they  were  q.uickly  compelled  to 
depart. 

16  And  the  slain  and  wounded  of  the  king  lliat 
night,  were  about  seven  hundred,  besides  two  hun- 
dred capvives. 

17  The  loss  of  the  United  States  was  about  an 
hundred  men. 

18  Now  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  seventeenth  dUy 
of  the  next  month,  when  Jacob  was  recovered  of  his 
wounds,  and  had  reiumcd  his  command,  he  sullied' 
out  of  Fort  Erie  with  his  men,  and  went  agftiil!>t  the 
camp  of  the  servants  of  the  kine^. 

19  And  by  lis  br, very  and  skill,  and  that  of  the 
vdiant  captains  under  him^  he  took  and  destroyed' 
tht-ir  strong  holds,  and  slew  many  of  them,  so  that 
their  loss  was  about  a  thousand  fighting  men* 

20  Aiid  the  slain  and  wcun '3d  of  Jacob's  army 
were  two  hundred  ninety  and  nme. 

-  1  Now  the  valiant  deeds  of  Jacob,  and  Lis  brave 
men,  are  they  not  written  in  all  the  books  of  tho 
chronicles  of  the  land  of  Columbia  of  that  day  ? 

22  Att^r  this,  on  the  twenty-first  day  of  the  same 
moiuii,  the  chief  captain,  and  the  hor^t  of  i3rltain,  be- 
ing tired  of  the  noise  of  the  destroying  engines  of 
I'le  men  of  Columbia,  went  away  from  the  place 
nnd  rested  at  Queenstown. 

23,  About  this  time  Izard,  the  chief  captain,  arriv- 
ed at  Fart  Eri, ,  from  Platlsburgh,  and,  as  he  was 
the  oldest  captain,  he  look  the  charge  of  the  army 
of  the  north. 

15* 


^^■''^' 


154 


HISTORICAL 


24  During  these  circumstances,  it  happened  that 
tl  .  brave  M'Arthur,  who  had  remained  at  the  strong 
hold  of  Detroit,  to  defend  it, 

25  Moved  his  army  towards  Burlington  Heights, 
and  went  more  than  an  hundred  miles  into  the  pro- 
vince of  Canada. 

26  And  the  men  of  Columbia  that  went  with  him 
were  valiant  men.  from  the  state  of  Kentucky  and 
Ohio ;  in  number  about  eight  hundred. 

37  Victory  perched  upon  their  arms,  and  they 
slew  some  of  the  servants  of  the  king,  and  made 
many  prisoners,  and  returned  again  with  the  loss  of 
one  man. 

28  In  the  meanwhile,  the  army  of  Izard  crossed 
the  river  and  returned  from  Erie  to  the  borders  of 
Columbia,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year,  and  went 
into  their  winter  camps  at  Buffalo. 


READER. 


}55 


ppcned  that 
at  the  strong 

f>n  Heights, 
nto  the  pro- 
fit with  him 
entucky  and 

if  and  they 

!^,  and  made 
I  the  loss  of 

sard  crossed 
e  borders  of 
r,  and  went 


CHAP.  XLHL 

Attack  on  Stonin^ton,  by    the    Bnii,\'/i  x/ii/ts  of  vjar'f 
which  are  defeated  and  driven  off. 


In  these  days  the  sti'ong  powers  of  Britain  strove 
hard  to  quench  the  fire  of  Columbian  Liberty. 

2  But  it  was  lighted  up  by  the  hand  of  heaven^ 
and  not  to  be  extingui^jhed.  "" 

3  Now  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  ninth  day  of  the 
eighth  month  of  the  same  year, 

4  That  the  mighty  ships  of  Britain  came  and  open- 
ed their  thundering  engines  upon  the  little  town  of 
Stonington,  which  lieth  in  the  state  of  Connecticutj. 
in  the  east.  '    '  ' 

5  But  the  inhabitants  of  the  place  were  bold  and 
Valiant  men,  and  they  scorned  to  make  a  covenant 
with  the  servants  of  the  king.  \ 

6  Although  Hardy,*  the  chief  captain  of  the 
king's  ships,  had  threatened  to  dest*  oy  the  place  ; 
saying,  Remove  from  the  town  your  women  and 
your  children,  who  are  innocent  ctnd  fight  not.    . 


•  Com.   Hardy  >  a  ca/i(ain  under  Lord  JWhon,  a$ 
the  battle  of  Trafalgar, 


156 


nisTonicAL 


7  Tims  shewing  more  righteousness  than  rny  of 
the  king's  captains  :  albeit,  he  gave  ihtm  oiily  the 
space  of"  one  hour  to  depart : 

8  So  the  men  of  Coluntbia  let  'lie  destroying  en* 
gines  loose  upon  the  vessels,  awd  shot  the  yaiikce- 
balls  amongst  them  pleniifully,  and  con\pelkd  them 
to  de|)arl  : 

9  Notwithstanding,  thty  had  hut  two  of  the  de- 
stroying engines  in  the  place 

10  However,  on  the  eleventh  day  of  t}»e  same 
month,  they  were  again  forced  to  put  them  in  mo- 
tion. •  ** 

'M  For,  in  the  mean  time,  Ha'dy  had  sent  a  mes- 
senger to  the  inhabitants,  saying, 

12  If  ye  will  not  prove  vickcd,  and  will  refrain 
from  stinding  your  evil  torpedoes  amongst  our  ves- 
sels, then  will  we  spare  yotir  town. 

13  Now  llf^rdy  was  niglaily  iifriiid  of  these  tor* 
pedoes,  (the  liistory  wher.  <  f  it.  wriucn  in  the  fifiieth 
book  of  these  chronicles)  and  he  trembled  at  the 
sound  cf  the  name  thereof. 

14  Nevertheless,  the  people  of  Sionington  refus- 
ed his  requtst. 

16  So  the  ships  of  Britain  came  again  and  they 
brought  another  strong  sl>ip  ol  the  king  to  help  them 
to  take  the  place. 

16  But  once  nmre  the  valiant  sons  of  Connecti- 
cvn  made  them  fly  for  safety  :  and  they  came  not 
again. 

17  And  the  gallant  conduct  of  the  people  of  Ston- 
inf;ton  gained  them  much  praise,  even  from  the 
great  Sanhedrim  cf  the  peopie. 


tlian  r.ny  of 
cm  oiily  the 

stroyin}^  en* 
the  yaiikee- 
ipelkd  them 

0  of  ihc  (le- 

fif  iliC  same 
ihcm  in  mo- 

}  sent  a  mea- 

1  will  refrain 
i-igst  our  ves- 

cf  these  tor* 
in  the  fiftieth 
mbkrt  at  the 

ingtcn  refas- 

^ain  and  thejr 
to  help  them 

of  Connecti- 
ley  Ciinie  not 

;ople  of  Slon- 
cn  from  the 


READIlR^ 


iif 


13  Thus  would  the  men  of  Columbia  have  done, 
in  many  other  places,  but  for  thQ  false  words  am\ 
^ick^dne^s  of  ttiril«rous  men. 


: 


15t 


HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  XLIV. 

'^^(faira  in  tCf  Cheaafieake — DriiUh  army  mave  uji 
the  Patrxent — land  and  march  towards  the  city 
of  Washington — fire/iure  thf7nselvc8  for  battle  at 
Jiladensburffh* 


]So\V  tlie  m{gh(7  fleet  of  Britain,  that  troubled 
ihc  walers  of  the  great  Bay  of  Chesapeake,  com- 
manded by  Cockburn  the  wickedj  cootiiuicd  their 
depredations. 

2  The  number  of  their  f],!;;hting  slilps  were  in- 
creased, and  the  soldie'rs'of  the  kin^^  had  come 
thither  in  multitudes  from  the  island  of  Britain. 

G  For  the  war  v/hich  she  had  waged  against  the 
mighty  ruler  of  France,*  was  at  an  end  ;  and  all 
their  men  of  war  were  idle  ;  so  they  sent  them 
against  the  men  of  Columbia,  who  slew  them  with 
terrible  slaughter. 

4  Now  the  numbers  of  the  servants  and  soldiers 
of  the  king,  in  and  about  the  Chesapeake,  were  lit- 
tle fewer  than  ten  thousand. 

5  And  tliey  moved  up  the  great  river,  which  is 
called  the  Potowmac,  and  the  river  Patuxent,  which 
lielh  to  the  east  thereof. 


*   Buomfiarle, 


READER. 


]b^ 


6  So,  a3  they  passed  along,  they  did  much  da- 
mage;  and  destroyed  abundance  of  the  sweet-scent- 
ed plant  of  Virginia,  burning  it  with  fire. 

T  Now  this  weed  is  a  native  of  the  land  of  Co- 
lumbia, and  groucth  not  on  the  island  of  Britain  : 

8  Therefore,  the  nostrils  of  the  servants  of  Bri- 
tain were  regaled  with  the  scent  thereof,  for  the 
king  had  put  a  silver  bar*  against  its  piviUifwl  used 
throughout  his  whole  dominions. 

9  However,  it  came  to  pass,  about  the  weniieMi 
day  of  the  same  month,  that  the  whole  army  of  Bri- 
tain gat  out  of  their  vessels  and  their  boats,  at  a 
place  cair^d  Benedict,  being  towaids  the  hea';  of 
the  river  Patuxent. 

10  And  a^man  of  great  experience  in  matters  of 
warfare,  sir-named  Ross,  was  chief  captain  of  ihc 
host  of  Britain^  . 

11  So  they  marched  on  towards  Washington, 
which  lieth  on  the  waters  of  the  Potowmac,  and  is 
called  the  chief  city  of  the  land  of  Columbia  ;  where 
the  great  Sanhedrim  assemble  themselves  together. 

12  And  they  journied  on  until  i..^.- came  to  a 
place  called  Bladcnsburgh,  which  lieui  to  the  east 
of  the  city,  not  far  off*. 

13  And  Cockburn  staid  not  beiiind,  for  his  heart 
thirsted  after  blood  and  murder. 

14  Now  this  was  on  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  the 
eighth  month,  in  the  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fourteenth  year  of  the  Christian  era. 

15  And  the  army  of  Columbia  that  went  out  to 

•  The  tax  on  tobacco^  manufactured  in  England,^ 
k  very  heavy. 


160 


HISTORICAL 


I 


meet  the  host  of  Britain,  was  commanded  by  a  brieve 
Ijian,  whose  name  was  Winder. 

16  But  it  was  in  the'heat  of  the  summer,  and  the 
Imsbandmen  of  Columbin,  that  went  out  to  defend 
the  place,  wcve  weary,  for  they  had  travelled  many 
miles  from  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

17  Moreover,  their  numbers  were  few  at  the  on? 
spt ;  for  those  that  were  journeying  on  their  way 
came  not  in  time. 

18  Nevertheless,  they  who  came,  prepared  them- 
selves for  the  fight,  in  the  hope  that  Uticy  might  not 
be  overcome  by  the  servants  of  the  kiMg;. 

19  And  it  was  so,  that  when  Ross,  the  chief  cap- 
tain of  the  host  of  Britain,  drew  nigh  the  place,  and 
«uw  that  the  men  of  Columbia  were  beju  on  giving 
him  hindrance, 

30  He  addressed  the  officers  and  men  of  hi«  army, 
/and  encourged  them,  saying, 

21  Lo  !  we  arc  stronger  than  the  host  of  Colum. 
bia;  therefore,  let  us  go  with  all  our  might  against 
their  cbi.'f  city,  and  make  capture  thereof, 

22  And  burn  it  with  fire,  and  take  their  chief  go- 
vernor, and  biud  him  hand  and  foot,  and  bring  liim 
before  the  king. 

23  Moreover,  let  ns  Rurround  the  temple  of  the 
♦^reat  Sanhedrim  oT  ihc  nation,  and  endeavor  to 
catch  them,  even  as  the  huntsman  a^icheth  foxes. 

24  Then  shall  wc  strike  terror  throughout  Uie 
land  of  Columbia,  and  the  arms  of  the  king,  our  mas* 
tc.".  shall  be  encircled  with  glory. 

25  The  spirit  of  t^e  people  will  be  broken  ;  they 
will  bow  down  to  the  servants  of  the  king  '.  and  all 
the  nations  will  behold  the  valiant  deeds  of  BiUaiH* 


READER. 


W 


eel  by  a  brj^ve 

imer,  and  the 
ut  lo  defend 
Bvelled  many 

:c\v  at  the  ont> 
on  their  way 

■epared  them- 
icy  might  not 


S- 


the  chief  cap* 
the  place,  and 
)ejU  on  giving 

Ml  of  hi«  armyj 


3St 


of  Colum. 
might  against 
of, 

eir  chief  go- 
d  bring  him 


rco 
th 


an 


temple  of  lli« 
d  endeavor  to 
icheih  foxes. 
hrouglioul  llie 
king,  our  mas- 

e  broken ;  they 
e  king  J  and  all 
ecds  of  Britain. 


CHAP.  XLV. 

* 

Ca/tture  of  Washington — sacking  of  Alexandria' 
death  qf  Sir  Peter  Parker, 


•^OVV,  when  Ross,  the  chief  captain,  had  dond 
speaking,  they  sent  forth  their  fire  brands,  and  sat 
their  destroying  engines  to  work,  and  cast  balls  of 
destruction  and  death. 

3  Nevertheless,  the  men  of  Columbia  were  not 
dismayed,  but  poured  out  their  thunders  upon  thcra' 
in  abundance.       '  ■    •     t.    r.  ■ 

3  And  Joshua,  sir*named  Barney,  who  command* 
ed  the  vessels  of  Columbia  near  the  place,  with  his 
brave  men,  went  out  upon  the  land,  and"  fought 
against  them  with  desperation. 

4  For  he  had  ordered  his  little  fleet  to  be  burnt 
uith  fire,  that  the  men  of  Britain  might  not  profit 
thereby,  and  it  blew  up  in  the  air   with  a  loud  noise. 

5  Now  Joshua  was  in  the  heat  of  the  battle  ;   and 

his  destroying   engines  slew  the  men  of  Britain  on 

all  sides  i  however,  he  was  wounded  and  made  cap«» 
tive. 

6  But  the  servants  of  the  king  treated  Joshua 
Well,  and  honored  him  lor  his  bravery. 

7  Now  James,  the  chief  governor,  and  the  coun« 
seilors,  aud  the  sciibjs  of  the  great  Sanhedrimj  wei\t 

16 


t63 


HISTORICAL 


jout  to  see  the  battle,  and  to  contrive  f«r  the  sufety 
of  the  city. 

8  And  Monroe,*  the  chief  scribe  of  the  great 
Sanhedrim,  was  there  ;  and  Armstrong,!  and  many 
other  friends  of  the  land  of  Columbia. 

9  Nevertheless,  the  wisdom  of  all  their  plans  fail- 
ed them  ;  and  they  were  sorely  grieved  to  behold 
the  husbandmen  and  the  army  of  Winder,  the  chief 
captain,  flee  before  the  host  of  Britain. 

10  But  they  were  mislead  in  their  calculations ; 
And  they  were  now  unable  to  prevent  the  tvil. 

1 1  Neither  did  the  men  of  war  they  counted  up- 
on arrive  in  time  to  catch  the  army  of  the  king. 

12  Therefore,  the  host  of  Columbia  fled,  and 
went  beyond  the  city,  and  passing  through  George* 
town,  rested  at  a  place  called  Montgomery  Court- 
house. 

13  And  the  slain  and  maiiiiisd  of  the  king*  were 
about  four  hundred  :  those  of  the  men  of  Columbia 
about  two  score. 

r  14  No\rit  was  about  the  goJng  down  of  the  sun, 
trhen  the  host  of  the  king  polluted  the  Citadel  of 
Freedom,  and  with  their  unhallowed  footsteps  vio- 
la^ed  the  Temple  of  Liberty. 

15  And  Cockbum  and  Ross  led  the  savage  band 
of  Britain  into  the  midst  of  the  eity. 

16  And  the  men  oi  Columbia  gnashed  their  teeth, 


rii 


•  Hon,  Jamea  Monroe,  Scc^ry  of  Sttitc^ 
\  Gent  Armstrong, 


W 


X 


\ 


"^ 


the  safety 

the   great 
and  many 

'plans  fail- 
d  to  behold 
r,  the  chief 

xlculations ; 
«vil. 

:ounted  up* 
5  king, 
a  fled,   and 
rh  George* 
lery  Court-* 

king,  were 
if  Columbia 

of  the  sun, 
e  Citadel  of 
lotsteps  vio' 

sayage  band 

d  their  teeth, 


StaCe, 


UEADER.l 


^6- 


■and  bit  their  lips  with  vexation  ;  for  the  thing  might 
have  been  prevented.* 

17  Nevertheless,  it  proved  a  blessing  ;  for  it  uni- 
ted the  people  of  Columbia  as  one  man,  M^ainst  the 
tyrants  of  the  earth. 
.18  Now   the  place  that  had  been  pitched  upon  to 
^  build  the  chief  city,  was  in  a   fine  country,   and  a 
beautiful  spot,  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 

19  But  the  inhabitants  round  about  the  City  of 
Washington  were  few  ;  for  they  had,  as  it  were,  just 
began  to  build  it. 

20  There  was  much  ground  laid  out  for  the  city, 
but  the  builrlings  therein  were  not  many ;  neither 
Nvas  it  fortified. 


•  Whatever  may  be  individual  tentiment^  it  hag* 
been,  and  still  is  the  o/iimon  qf  the  be^t  informed^ 
that  there  iv»s  sufficient  time  to  have  had  the  filacc 
entrenched  and  fortified,  ifnecesaary,  nvith  an  hun» 
dred pieces  of  cannon  ;  and  at  leant  to  have  kajit  the 
enemy  at  bay,  until  a  sufficient  force  were  ansenibled 
to  have  cut  off  his  retreat.  But  to  expert  raw  milt' 
tia  to  meet  and  re/iuiscs  in  an  ofien  plain,  solid  co- 
lumns qf  regular  troofis,  superior  in  numbers  as  well 
as  discipline,  must  be  preposterous.  If  ho  is  to  blame 
in  the  business  we  presume  not  to  say  ;  but  hope  a 
recurrence  of  the  evil  may  be  provided  agaihst  in  fu- 
ture. Had  the  same  energy  and  industry  been  ex* 
ercised  at  the  city  of  Washington,  that  were  dinplay- 
cd  by  the  patriotic  citizens  of  Mw-York^i^  erecting 
fortif  cations  for  the  defence  of  their  capitt^we  might 
have  been  spared  the  mortifcation  th0jvUowed  tfifi 
<,up(ure  of  the  seat  of  government.        ^ 


■t.^\ 


*ii 


"# 


:h94 


HISTORICAL 


V 


*  21  So  when  the  servants  of  the  king  came  it  tht 
place^  they  looked  around,  in  surprise,  and  cried 
out  with  astonishment,  saying, 

22  L<^the  city  hath  fled  with  the  people,  fbt 
thtre  are  but  an  handful  oi'  houses  in  the  place. 

23  However,  the  next  day  they  began  tlic  work  of 
destruction,  like  unto  the  barbarians  of  ancient 
times  ;  for  their  wickedness  followed  after  them  as 
ihe  shadow  folio weih  after  the  substance. 

24  And  they  destroyed  the  beautiful  edifices  with 
fire,  even  the  palace  of  the  great  Sanhedrim.    " 

^5  Now  Cockburn  was  loath  that  his  wicked 
deeds  should  be  handed  down  :o  future  gencrationa  ; 
so  he  went  and  destroyed,  with  his  own  hands,  the 
chief  printing-oflice*  of  the  city,  and  scattered  the 
types  abroad  ; 

26  Because,  as  he  alledged,  the  printer  had,  in 
times  past,  uttered  many  hard  things  against  him. 

27  Thus  did  he,  even  Cockburn,  like  an  ignorant 
savage,  stamp  his  own  name  with  infamy,  and  make 
it  become  a  reproach  amongst  all  mankind. 

28  Science  and  learning  blushed  at  the  cham«» 
pions  of  England,  who  had  been  represented  as  i!ic 
bulwark  of  religion  ;  but  who  were,  in  reality,  the 
supporters  of  idolatry  ;  the  stafi'  of  Juggernaut,  the 
false  god  of  India. 

29  Now  the  art  of  printing  was  not  known  among 
the  ancients;  for    it   was  invented   in   these  latter 
^ys ;    even    in    the   fourteen    hundred  and  fortieth 
.year  of  the  Christian  era. 


* 


OJ/ice  of  ihe  Mitional  IntcUii^cnccr 


% 


READER. 


US 


ime  ii>  tlit 
and  cried 

people,  for 
place, 
le  work  of 
)f    ancient 
r  them  aa 

ifices  with 

rim. 

s    wicked 

iicrutiona  ; 

hands,  the 

Utcred  the 

or  had,  in 
nst  him. 
R  ignorant 
and  make 
I. 

the  chnm* 
ited  as  i!ie 
cality,  the 
rnaut,  the 

wn  among; 
lese  latter 
nd  fortieth 


■(■»> 


:(r. 


Sfi  It  was  the  helpmat^^  of  Freedom,  and  when 
the  light  which  it  spread  burst  forth  upon  the  world, 
it  began  to  open  the  eyes  of  man»  and  to  destroy  the 
poisonous  weeds  that  choaked  the  growth  of  Libertf. 

3 1  Moreover,  to  complete  the  vandalism  of  Cock- 
burn  and  Ross,  they  fell  upon  the  printed  books  of 
the  p^reat  Sanhedrim. 

32  Even  those  that  had  been  gathered  together 
for  instruction  ;  the  toil  of  many  years ;  containing 
the  lep.rning  and  wisdom  of  ages. 

33  And  they  consumed  them  with  fire  ;  thus  stri- 
ving to  turn  man  back  to  the  ages  of  ignorance  and 
darkness. 

34  Now,  Thomas,  whose  sir^name  was  Jeffkr- 
SON,  who  had  been  a  scribe  in  the  days  of  Wash- 
ington, and  a  chief  governor  in  the  land  of  Colum- 
bia, in  times  past ;  a  man  whom  the  people  esteem- 
ed for  his  virtue ; 

35  When  he  heard  of  their  wickedness ;  how, 
■savage-like,  they  had   burnt  the  books    which  had 

been  written  by  the  wise  men  of  the  earth,  and  pre* 
ss-rved  from  the  beginning  to  that  day; 

36  In  the  ^lodnessof  his  heart,  he  w  ste  unto  the 
great  Sanhediim,  wl\en  they  were  assembled  toge- 
ther, saying :  . 

37  Since,  like  the  brHjarians  of  old,  whose  igno- 
raiice  rnight  plead  for  them,  the  servants  of  the 
kingdom,  of  Great  Britain  have  laid  waste  yotr 
chief  city,  and  made,  it  a  desolation,  -^-^  -v  sw, 

38  .And  have  trampled  upon  science,  mutilated 
the  monuments  of  art  and  industry,  destroyed  the 
avchives  of  your  jifttion,  and  burnt  your  books  "Vfilb 
fire ;  '         , 

16  * 


;.  i.  *^. 


'  :t'^  '^r 


163 


HISJORICAL 


'^'M^' 


i^m 

.■     vV^ 

'•mm 

SIKHiafJ 

BE^t! 

.x^ifc  ' .  ■  , , 

S 

flJsMI 

'::^' 

!S»,i^'W 

39  For  your  benefit,  and  for  the  bcnefL  of  my 
country,  I  will  give  wnto  you  my  whole  LiLn.vy, 
which  I  hrive  selected  with  care,  froni  my  youth  ;  »- 
wards  ;  and  whatever  in  y  >ar  ju  imncnt  sUail  hf,  lue 
value  thereof,  that  v.'iil  I  arcep,.* 

40  I  !\m  well  striciicn  in  years,  and  must  shortly 
sleep  with  my  fathers ;  but  the  last  wii  !i  ^f  r-jy 
heart  shall  be  tie  welj'ark  or  Mr  coujjthy. 

41  Now  Thomas  was  a  philosophfr,  ar.'.  a  man  of' 
great  Icarninj^.  and  he  had  abundance  oi  books  of  all 
iiatl -liSj  and  in  all  languages,  even  ten  thousand  vo- 
lu-i'.es, 

42  So  the  great  Sanhedrim  accepted  the  offer  of 
Thomas,  and  they  retain  the  books  to  this  day. 

45  Now  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  evening  of  the 
same  day,  on  which  the  vandals  of  Britain  set  fire  to 
the  city,  that  the  army  of  the  king  fled  from  the 
place ;  for  ihe  air  of  Liberty  is  poison  to  the  fol- 
lowers of  tyrants^ 

41  Moreover,  they  left  some  of  their  slain  and 
wound'd  behind,  for  they  were  afraid  of  being 
caught  in  a  snare  by  the  husbandmen  of  Columbia. 

45  So  they  went  down  the  river  and  gat  into  theif 
vessels  from  whence  they  came. 

46  In  the  meantime,  the  inhabitants  of  Alexan- 
dria, a  town  which  lieth  to  the  south  of  the  cl.ief 
city,  on  the  riv<  r  Potomac,  in  the  state  of  Virginii, 

47  Being  smit:en  with  fear,  s»e-t  ;o  Cockhurn  and 
Ross,  entreating  that  they  mi        'lo  spared,  if,  pcr- 


^  />iV    Jefferson    'efr  it 
ivhat  comjiensaiion  they  t/a 
Prart/, 


\ongr(9ii   to  make  him 
.'  firoficr  for  hia   Li' 


rtEADKR. 


167 


left  of  my 
>le  Lil#i'i.rv, 
y  youth   .  1- 

nust  shortly 

JjTRY. 

i.-,  a  nmn  of 
books  of  all 
lOiisand  vo- 

thc  offer  of 
»  day. 

iiig    of  the 

n  set  fire  to 

from    the 

to  the  fol- 

slain  and 

of  being 

Colun»bia. 

U  into  their 

of  A.Ie>:an- 
tlie  chief 
f  Vii  i^inii-s 
:khurn  and 
•ed,  if,  pcr- 


)  make  him 
or  his   Li' 


adventure,  they  made  a  covenant  in  good  falih  with 
them,  and  surrendered  th'^mselvea. 

48  And  ihc  chief  cap'  li'is  of  Britain  agreed  to 
the  capitulation  of  the  town,  and  to  vouchsafe  its  \,\0' 
teciion. 

49  But  the  people  suffered  for  their  foolish  confi- 
dence ;  and  no  one  pitied  tbetn  ;  lor  it  was  of  their 
own  seeking. 

50  So  it  happened,  after  they  had  trusted  to  the 
faith  of  the  servants  of  the  king;  Gordon,  a  captain 
of  the  ships  in  the  river  PotoniaCi  came  up  against 
them  before  the  town  ; 

5 1  And  took  their  merchant  ships  ;  and  compell- 
ed the  people  to  open  their  store-houses,  and  put  in- 
to the  vessels  their  flour,  even  sixteen  thoilsand  bar- 
rels, and  their  wine,  and  th»;ir  coriou,  and  a  thousand 
hogsheads  of  the  sweet-scented  plant. 

52  So  the  robbers  of  the  kini^  look  them  away, 
sacked  the  town,  and  laui^hcd  at  the  people  thereof, 
foi  trusting  to  the  fctiih  of  liritish  honor. 

53  However,  as  they  passed  along  down  the  river, 
with  their  ill-gotten  treasure,  lo  I  the  ships  of  Bri- 
tain were  assailed,  and  uv^\\  being  destroyed: 

54  i'"or  Kogers,  and  Perry,  and  I'or'.er,  three  va- 
liant capiuins  of  the  navy  of  Columbia,'  gave  them 
hindrance  and  ann(>yed  them  greatly  : 

.15  i'erry  and  Porter  raisetl  fort ifj cations  upon  the 
be       r-i  oi  the  river,  and  put  therein  the  destroying 

^ines,  whici  when  the  vessels  came  nigh  by,  they 
let  loose  upon  them  abu 'daftly,  and  wounded  them 
h)  their  tacklin;Ti  and  slew  nuinbtrs  of  their  men. 

56  Moreover,  the  buli<5  wltich  the  engines  vomited 
forth,  were  red  and  hot  from  ihe  mouth  of  the  fiery 
furnace. 


1S8 


HISTORICAL 


57  Meanwhile,  Rogers  sent  his  fire-ships  mwoul; 
fhfcin  to  destroy  them  as  they  fled ;  nevtrtheless 
Ihey  escaped. 

58  Now  about  this  lime,  heinpj  the  thirtieth  day 
of  the  same  month,  Peter,  who^e  sir-name  was  Par- 
ker, who  conimaiulcd  a  strong  ship  of  the  king,  was 
comniitiing  many  depredations  along  the  shores  of 
tRfe  Chesapeake  ; 

59  So  Peter  essayed  to  go,  in  the  night-time, 
against  some  husbandmen  of  Columbia,  command- 
ed by  th(-  gall  .nt  Ueid,*  about  the  borders  of  the 
state  of  Maryland  ; 

60  And  wh'^n  he  had  landed  his  men  of  war,  he 
went  out  after  the  husbandmen,  and  the  plunder; 
but  they  were  upon  the  watch,  and  fell  upon  him, 
and  killed  and  mcjtned  about  two  score,  and  were 
nigh  making  captives  of  them  all ;  and  PctJr  was 
amongst  the  slain.  *  , 

61  Now  when  the  news  of  the  taking  of  the  chief 
city  of  Columbia,  and  the  saekinir  of  Alexandria  was 
received  in    f^ritain,  at  tiist  the  people  rejoiced,  say* 

,ing,  Now,  forsouth,  have  we  conquered  these  cun» 
liing  Yankees  ! 

62  But  afterwards  they  became  ashamed,  and  hid 
their  faces ;  for  they  had  heard  the  judgment  of  the 
surrounding  nation  ,  by  whom  iheir  vandalism  was 
condemned  t 


•  Co/.  R(td.  of  the  militia » 

t    i  nvn.ber  of  well  written  art    '  s  iv ere  publish' 

edy  not  only  in  the  papers  of  Frur-:..^-    ■  vd   Ger^nauj^ 

but  fven  in  Enfrland.in  which  thi        oidalous  imita' 

tionof  the  covducc  of  the  Go'Jis  ami  yanUuls  was  very 

tcverely  rcjirthcnded. 


UEADKU. 


(69 


up  3  am  one,' 
evtrthcless 

irtieth  day 
le  was  Par- 
B  king,  was 
le  shores  of 

night-time, 

com  man  (I - 

Icrs  of  the 

of  war,   he 

le  plunder; 

upon  him, 

and  were 

Pctjr  was 


f 
:undi 


tlie  cliief 
ria  was 
oiced,  say- 
these  cun* 


d,  and  hid 
lent  of  the 
lalism  was 


refiublhh' 

loun  imftci' 
J  was  very 


CH\P.  XLVr. 

»■ 

Urif'sh  under  Gen  Prevofsf,  go  ogu'.mt  Plattshurt^ri 
—  t'onu  Macdotwui;h  ca/ilurca  the  Briti:sh  a(ju^:d' 
ron  on  Lake  Chamjiluin, 


NkVERTHELESS,  if  diiTiculiies  and  disasters 
betel  Lhu  people  of  Colum!)ia  in  Lhe  souih,  1;>  1  theie 
was  a  wreath  of  iuurels  weaving  for  them  in  the 
north. 

2  Bahold  !  a  niighty  army  of  the  kii/g  had  asscm 
bled  to>i;eiher  ai  the   village  of  Chuniplau,  between 
Phittshurgh   and    Montreal ;    i.it^h   unto   the   pluco 
where  Forsyth  the  warrior,    the   second    SiyiUer,* 
v.-as  slain  ;t 

3  For  liie  Prince   Regent  had  :o:vn'nanclcd  his  scr» 
vants  to  go  forth  into  the  heart  of  uic  land  of  Colum- 


•   Sumter,  a  brave  officer  bi  the  Jmerkari  EcvQlti- 
liouy  similar  in  ctuiracter  to  forayih. 

t    The/ulfowing  lines  were  suggested  to   the  mind 
of  Lhe  Kvriier^  by   vuwing  the  n/iot  rohere  the  remains 
of'!:,    rallant    Forsi    .'i  tie  interred       Or  (he  26ih  of 
Jl:.        dl-i,  this  ente'  firifiing  officer    made  an  incur- 
do::  'nto     Canada,    an  fa>-  as    Odcenirjivn,    ivhcrc  an  ^^^'^ 
affiair  to'J<  filace  ivith  a  detvdimen..  ^r  'he  enemy.  froni')p^ 
the   Port    oj    La   Cot-      After    k>u:ng   seventeen  of  ' 
lii  ■•"  number^  Porsy'n  received  a  vj'jund  in  the  $eckt 


iro 


HISTORICAL 


bia,  and  separate  the  states  of  the  east  from  the  rest 
0*"  tl  c  country. 

4  *ic»  it  came  to  pass,  about  the  fifth  day  of  the 
liinth  month,  that  ihe  host  of  Britain  apptaied  be- 
fore the  vill;ii.^e  of  Plattsburgh  ;  which  liclh  about 
three  hunched  miles  from  Ncw-Yoik,  towards  the 
north. 

5  Now  Prcvost,  ihe  governor  of  Can-ida,  was  the 
commander  of  ihc  army  ;  and  tliu  number  of  his 
men  of  war  was  al)out  hftccn  thousand. 

6  And  they  bcj^an  to  prepare  their  battering:  rams, 
their  bombs  and  their  rtckcts,  and  all  kinds  of  instru- 
ments of  destruction  ;  and  they  entrenched  them- 
selves round  about. 

7  Now  the  stronf^  iioM  of  Plattsburgh  was  hard 
by  }  and  the  Uraye  Macomb  wab  tnc  chief  captain  of 


'Z^. 


■#:'' 


9f  ivliich  he  died  in  a  fcv)  day  a  after  ^  and  rvas  buric'', 
ivith  TfMiiary  hitnors^  at  Chamjilaiti, 

'"    Stay,  travcH'^r,  stay — view  well  the  ground, 
Where  Forsyth  fought  and  bled  ; 
Mark  well  the  spot,  for  yonder  mound,        ^  ^       , 
Contairis  the  valiant  dead. 


No  cold  neglccC  could  check  hir:  zeal, 
His  C  >unti7  \vas  his  pride. 

And  fi,  !     ng  f  .r  that  Country's  weal, 
The  uero  ucbly  died  ! 


A 


No  tomb-stone  marks  the  dreary  spot, 
Where  sleejjs  the  warrior  brave, 
lis  fame,  his  aciions,  quite  forgot, 


And  buried  i?'.  his  grave. 


,ji 


from  the  rest 


?  vjas  buried, 


nE\DER. 


171 


{f\e  hole! ;  and  the  number  of  his  men  was  about  fif- 
t(  en  hundred  ;  bcinj;  in  the  proportion  of  oae  Yan- 
kee to  ten  Invinciblcs. 

8  Howsoever,  the  valiant  husbandmen  of  the 
states  of  Vermont  and  New-Y  >ik,  called  militia, 
commanded  by  Moocrs,  a  man  of  great  courage,  as- 
sembled together,  to  assist  in  the  defence  of  the 
place,  on  the  borders  of  the  river  Saranac,  wliicU 
cmptieth  its  waters  into  lake  Champlain. 

9  In  the  meantime  Downic,  the  ciiief  captain  of 
the  fleet  of  Britain  lyion  the  lake,  had  prepared  him- 
self to  assist  Prevost  on  a  certain  day  appointed, 

10  When  he  was  to  come  out  against  the  fleet  of 
Columbia,  which  was  commandfed  by  the  gallant 
Macdonouf^h. 

1 1  Accordingly,  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  appointed 
day,  being  the  eleventh  of  the  ninth  month,  in  ihe  one 
thouaand  eight  hundred  and  fourteenth  year  of  tho 
Christim  era, 

1 2  And  three  hundred  *nd  sixty-five  days  after  Olifc" 
vcr  had  captured  the  king's  fleet  on  the  waters  of  Erie, 

15  That  the  strong  vessels  of  Britain  appeared, 
with  their  sails  spread,  moving  upon  the  bosom  of 
lake  Champlain,  coming  against  the  fleet  of  Colum- 
bia. 

14  Now  it  was  in  the  morning,  about  the  ninth 
hour,  when  Macdonongh  beheld  the  fleet  of  Britain 
sailing  boldly  towards  him. 

15  And  it  was  so,  that  the  vessels  of  Columbia 
were  safely  moored  in  the  bay  of  Plattsburgh,  where 
they  waited  the  approach  of  the  enemy ;  who  were 
the  stroiyglat  in  cumbers,  wid  in  their  engines  of 
death,  . 


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172 


lIISTOUrCAL 


10  However,  wIumi  tlK7  were  uhoiU  a  furlong  off, 
llicy  Ciust  ilicir  uiicliois,  iiiul  set  llicn»i>_lvca  in  baule 
orri.y,  squadron  against  squudion. 

J  7  Now  ihe  sound  of  ihc  baHlc-druni  was  heard 
Rlon;^  ihc  Like,  and  ihe  brave  murincri  shouud  aloud 
for  I  lie  ri).',ht. 

18  Tlien  bcj^an  ibrir  dcstroyinjj  entwines  to  utter 
tlieir  voices,  and  it  was  like  unto  the  voice  oi  migh- 
ty thunders, 

19  And  the  same  hour,  the  armies  on  the  sh.orc 
bciifan  the  dreadful  buttle  with  their  roarinjj^  engines. 

20  So  that  on  the  land  and  on  the  waters  the  fire 
and  smoke  were  al>undant,  .uid  the  noise  thereof  was 
tremendous  beyond  measure. 

21  And  the  battle  waxed  hot,  and  the  vessels  of 
Downie  fought  bravely  against  the  vessels  of  Mac- 
donongh  : 

22  Nevertheless,  the  Lord  of  hosts  favored  the 
men  of  Columbia,  and  they  overcame  the  servants 
of  ilie  king,  .  V 

23  For  in  about  the  space  of  three  hours,  the  va- 
liant Miicdonough  and  his  brave  men,  captured  the 
^vholc  fleet  of  I3rilain,  save  a  few  gun-boats,  that 
maile  good  their  es  ape. 

24  Now  the  killed  and  wounded  of  the  king's 
fleet,  vver(  an  hundred  ninety  and  four;  and  Dow- 
nie, the  chief  captain,  was  amongst  the  slain. 

25  Moreover,  the  nun)ber  of  the  captives  of  the 
men  of  IJriiain  was  about  lour  hundred. 

2G  Now  Macdonough  was  a  good  man,  neither 
was  he  full  of  boasting  and  vain-glory:  lia arrogated 
tdl  him^cif  no  praise  on  account  of  bis|HKcess;  bujt 


^ 


READER. 


ms 


furlong  off, 
in  ill  bc\iUo 

was  heard 
[)UUd  aloutl 

ncs  lo  utter 
DC  ol  mi^jh- 

1  the  sliorc 
nj5  engines, 
ers  the  fire 
thereof  was 

e  vessels  of 
Is  of  Mac- 
favored  the 
he  servunts 

irs,  the  va- 
aplurcd  the 
-boats,  that 


ascribed  the  victory  to  the  pleasure  of  the  Almigh- 
ty. 

27  And  as  it  is  written,  in  the  word  of  the   Lord, 

Do    UNTO    ALL    MEN    AS     YE     WOULD    THKT    SHOULD 

DO  UNi'o  You,  SO  he  took  care  of  the  priboners,  and 
emi)ioyed  skilful  phybicians  to  bind  up  the  wouads 
of  the  nlaiuied. 

28  Then  were  the  children  of  Columbia  exceed- 
ingly rejoiced  j  yea,  their  hearts  were  made  glad ; 
and  they   praised  Macdonough   for  his  noble  deeds. 

39  Moreover,  the  great  Sanhedrim  honored  him ; 
and  a  piece  of  land,  which  overlooketh  the  lake,  wa$ 
given  unto  him,  for  an  inhcriiance  ; 

30  That,  in  his  old  age,  and  when  he  was  well 
stricken  in  years,  he  might  remember  with  joy  iho 
strength  of  his  youth,  and  smile  upon  the  spot, 
where,  fleet  to  fleet,  he  triumphed  over  the  enemies 
of  freedom  ; 

31  And  where  his  children's  children  might  pointy 
and  say,  It  was  thsuk  the  guardian  angel  of  Co- 
lumbia permitted  our  father  to  humble  the  pride  o" 
Britain. 


the   king's 
and    Dow- 
lain, 
lives   of  the 

in,  neither 
e  arrogated 
Access,  but 


fe^*^'>v 


,ie-<y^' 


■-^i- ^•. 


,\  «!t- 


I 


\ 


174 


HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  XLVII. 


Battle  of  Platt&burgh^-defeat  of  Sir   George  Pre* 

vast. 


Now  while.  Macclonough  was  capturing  the  royal 
fleet  of  Britain,  upon  the  lake,  the  gallant  Macomb 
scattered  destruction  amidst  the  ai  my  of  Prevost. 

3  And  the  battle  raged  with  great  violence,  and 
the  men  of  Britain  strove  hard  to  pass  over  the 
river  called  Saranac ; 

3  But  the  men  of  war  of  Columbia,  who  were 
upon  the  opposite  side  of  the  water,  opposed  them, 
and  slew  them  with  great  shiughter. 

4  And  the  brave  Grobvenor,  and  Hamilton,  and 
Hiley,  and  the  gallant  Cronk,  drove  them  back  from 
crossing  the  bridges. 

5  Likewise,  many  were  slain  in  the  river,  so  that 
the  waters  of  the  Saranac  were  dyed  vith  the  blood 
of  the  servants  *  f  the  kingc 

6  But  M:v.  omb  kept  the  entwines  at  work ;  and 
Brooks,  and  Richards,  and  Smith,  who  were  in  the 
forts,  displayed  much  valor,  and  cause  d  the  engines 
to  vomit  fire  and  siuoke.  aJ'd  balls  of  heavy  metal. 

7  Howsoever,  when  Prevo'-t  saw  that  •^he  king's 
fleet  wi<?  c up  urcd,  he  began  to  be  disheartened,  ancl 
his  whole  urmy  was  amazed. 


READER. 


8  Notwithstanding  this,  they  continued  to  cast 
llieir  \  alls,  and  their  rockets,  and  their  bomb-shells, 
and  their  sharpnelis,  with  all  their  might. 

9  Now  these  sharpnells  were  unknown  even  to 
the  children  of  Columbia,  for  they  were  lately  in- 
rented  by  the  wise  men  of  Britain. 

10  And  the  people  of  Columbia  trusted  in  the 
strength  of  their  arms,  more  than  in  the  strength  of 
these  shells,  so  they  used  them  not. 

1 1  Nevertheless,  the  army  of  the  king  fought 
hard  with  their  battering-rams,  against  the  strong 
hold  rf  Columbia,  until  the  setting  of  the  sun,  when 
their  noises  were  silenced  by  the  brave  band  of  Co- 
lumbia. 

11  So  the  same  night,  Prevost,  and  the  invinci- 
cles  of  the  king,  fled  towards  the  strong  hold  of 
Montreal ;  leaving  their  sick  and  wounded  behind  to 
the  mercy  of  the  men  of  Columbia  ;  destroying  their 
provisions,  which  in  their  haste  they  could  not 
carry  away. 

13  And  the  men  of  Coluinbia  followed  them  a  lit- 
tle way,  and  slew  some,  and  made  many  captives. 

14  Thus  were  the  men  of  war  of  l^ritain  conquer- 
ed in  the  north,  army  against  army,  fleet  against 
fleet,  and  squadron  ag^^inst  squadron. 

15  And  the  killed  and  wounded  of  the  army  of  the 
king  that  day,  weie  about  a  thousand  ri^cn ;  r.nd 
about  three  hundred,  who  were  tired  ol'  t'Ju'ir  b  juc^- 
age,  left  the  service  of  t'^e  king,*  and  j  /ucd  the 
banners  of  the  great  Sanhedrim. 

16  NoAV   Macomb  received  much  praise  for  his 


*  Deserter.^, 


*s-. 


jr« 


HISTORICAL 


bravery  ;  and  his  name  shall  be  remembered  by  ages 
yet  unborn. 

17  Moreov  r,  he  spake  well  of  all  the  officers  and 
men  who  fought  with  him. 

13  And  Mooers,  who  commanded  the  brave  hus- 
bandmen of  New -York  and  Vermont,  and  Stronn^, 
the  valiant  chief  captain  of  the  men  called  volun- 
teers, had  great  hoiior  for  their  noble  deeds. 

19  Likewise,  \pplini»;»  a"d  Wool,  and  Leonard 
and    Sproul,   distinguished   themselves  among   the 

brave. 

20  But  when  the  news  of  the  capture  of  the  fleet, 
and  the  d^^feat  of  their  mighty  army,  reached  the 
lords  of  Britain,  they  pnt  their  fingers  in  their  ears, 
that  they  might  not  hear  it  : 

21  Neither  would  they  believe  it ;  but  when  they 
found  it  was  so  of  a  truth,  they  were  enraged  out  of 

measure. 

22  And  their  wise  men  and  their  counsellors  said, 
Lo  1  we  have  only  been  ii  ifiing  with  these  Yankees ; 
now  let  us  send  forth  a  mighty  fleet  and  an  army  to 
overwhelm  them. 


tr 


i: 


;'U/ 


> 


READER. 


CHAP.  XLVIII. 


\n 


"n 


Attack  on  Balthnore^by  the  British  army y  under  Geni 
Rossy  and  the  Jieet  U7ider  jidiniral  Cochrane  a?id 
Cockburriy  •» 


Now  when  Ross  and  Cockburn  returned  from 
their  burning  and  pillagint^,  and  all  the  barbarities 
they  committed  at  Washington,  the  chief  city,  and 
i.he  nc-igld)orliood  thereof; 

2  End)o!dened  by  the  success  of  their  iinri^qht- 
eous  deeds,  they  g-athered  together  iheir  army  and 
their  navy,  and  essayed  to  go  against  I  he  city  of  Bal- 
timore, which  lieth  in  the  state  of  Maryland  ; 

3  That  they  might  commit  tho  like  wickedness, 
in  which  they  had  taken  so  much  pleasure  at  Hamp- 
ton, Havrc-dc-Grace,  and  Wasi.ington. 

4  But  they  had  a  mightier  pi;>ce  than  Washington 
to  go  agidnsi; ;  for  Bidtimore  is  a  great  city,  con- 
taining therein  ui)w)Ut  fifty  thousand  souh;  and  the 
people  had  entrenched  it  round  about,  and  made  it 
a  strong   place. 

5  So  it  ''/ame  to  pass,  the  next  day  after  Mi^cdo- 
nough  had  raptured  the  fl.'.et  of  Britain,  on  lake 
Champlain,  being  the  twelfih  da/  of  the  ninth 
month, 

17*  •' 


178 


HISTORICAL 


1 

.9 


I 


6  That  their  vessels  and  transports  came  to  a 
pli.ce  culled  North  Point,  which  lieth  at  the  entrance 
of  the  river  Petapsco,  about  an  hundred  furlonii;3 
from  the  city,  and  beijan  to  put  their  men  of  war 
Upon  the  shore. 

7  And  the  number  of  their  chosen  fip^lrting  men, 
who  were  landed,  were  about  eight  thousand. 

8  And  when  they  were  all  moved  out  of  the  boalsj 
Ross,  the  chief  captain,  conducted  them  on  towarc's 
the  city. 

9  As  they  moved  along  their  instruments  of  war 
glittered  in  the  beams  of  the  sun  ,  and  the  waving 
of  their  squadrons  was  like  unto  the  troubled  waters 
of  the  ocean. 

JO  However,  when  they  came  to  a  place  called 
Bear  Creek,  lo  I  the  army  of  Columbia  met  them 
in  battle  array. 

1 1  For,  when  the  gallant  young  men  of  B^iltimore 
heard  the  rumor,  that  the  soldiers  of  Britain  were 
coming  upon  them  ; 

12  With  the  spirit  of  freemen,  they  grasped  their 
weapons  of  war  in  their  hands,  and  went  out  to  meet 
them   without  fear  ;  resolved  to  conquer  or  to  die.* 

13  For  well  they  knew,  that  life  would  be  a  bur- 
then to  them,  when  their  habitations  were  consumed 
with  fire  ;  their  parents  slaughtered  ;  and  the  i«ino- 
xence  of  their  wives  and  their  sisters  violated. 

14  Now  the  name  of  the  chief  captain  of  the  ar- 
fny  of  Columbia  vras  Samuel,  whose  sir-name  was 


I 


*  Mthough  it  may  be  said  the  British    were  not 
Ctftiquered  ;  yet  they  were  defeated. 


READF.R. 


179 


Smith  :•  a  valiant   ir.an,  who  had  font^ht  h\  the  days 
of  Wasluiit^ton,  and  g-ained  mucli  iiouor. 

15  Morcove!',  SamHcl  was  a  man  well  strick'^n  in 
years,  and  he  hud  many  brave  ciipLains  under  him  ; 
even  Strieker,  and  Stansbury,  and  Winder  were 
with  him. 

16  NoMV  it  was  somewhat  afier  ihie  mid-day  when 
the  e.itjines  of  dcslruciion  began  ilicir  roaring 
noises  : 

17  And  the  fire  and  smoke  were  vomiied  forth  out 
of  their  mouiiis,  so  that  the  light  of  the  sun  wac^ 
hidden  by  the  meaub  of  the  black  clouds  that  filled 
the  air 

18  And  their  rockets,  and  all  their  instruments  of 
death,*  which  the  sons  of  men  have  employed  their 
understandings  to  invent,  svere  used  abundantly. 

19  Now  the  battle  waxed  hot,  and  the  gallant 
Strieker,  and  his  brave  men.  fouj^lu  hard  ;  and  it  was 
a  dreadtui  fisjht, 

20  Inasmuch  as  the  slain  and  wounded  of  the  king 
that  day,  were  about  four  hundred  ;  and  the  loss  of 
the  men  of  Columbia  was  two  hundied, 

21  Moreover,  Ross,  the  chief  captain  of  the  host 
of  Britain,  was  amongst  the  slain  ;  a  boy,  who  had 
accompanied  his  father  to  battle,  hud  taken  dreadful 
aim  at  Ross,  with  his  lifle,  and  killed  him  : 

22  And  the  people  of  Columbia  grieved  only  he- 
cause  it  was  not  Cockburn  the  wicked,  who  had  fal- 
len ;  for  a  man,  whose  name  was  O'Boyle,  had  offer- 
ed five  huadred  pieces  of  silver  for  each  of  his  ears. 


'«« 


•  Gen,  SmiiA, 


169 


HISTORICAL 


23  Neverlheless,  the  men  of  Columbia  were  not 
powerful  enough  to  overcome  the  servants  of  the 
kin^  ;  so  they  drew  back  into  their  entrenchments, 
and  sti  onj?  holdb,  tl.at  were  upon  the:  high  places 
round  ubout  the  city. 

24  And  Rogers,  and  Findley,  ard  Harris,  and 
Siiles  were  among  the  captains  of  the  strong  holds; 
and  were  all  faithful  men. 

25  But  it  came  to  pass,  the  next  day,  when  the 
men  of  Ikitain  saw  that  the  men  of  Columbia  were 
well  prepared  for  battle,  that  they  were  afraid  to  go 
against  the  strong  holds. 

26  So  in  the  nuddle  of  the  night,  which  was  dafk 
and  rainy,  they  departed  from  the  place,  and  returned 
to  their  vessels,  that  they  might  escape  the  evil  that 
was  preparing  for  them. 

27  Moreover,  they  took  the  dead  body  of  Ross, 
their  chief  captain,  with  them,  and  cast  it  into  a  ves* 
sel,  filled  with  the  strong  waters  of  Jamaica  ; 

28  That  the  instrument  of  their  wickedness  might 
be  preserved,  and  conveyed  to  the  king,  their  mus- 
ter, and  be  buried  in  his  own  country. 

29  Now  it  cume  to  pass,  in  the  meantime,  that 
Cochrane,  and  Cockbuin  the  wicked,  the  chief  cap* 
tiiins  of  the  mariners  of  the  king,  sailed  up  the  river 
Petapsco,  towards  the  strong  hold  of  Fort  JVMIcnry 
to  assail  it. 

30  Nc  \v  the  strong  hold  of  M'Henry  lieth  about 
fifteen  furlongs  from  the  city  ,  and  the  name  of  the 
chief  captain  thereof  was  Armistead,  a  man  oi  cou- 


ragv 


albeit,  ho  was  sick. 


31  And    when  the   str 


ong   vessels  of   the  kin^ 


READER. 


181 


ibia  were  not 
'vants  of  the 
itrencliments, 
t  high  places 

Harris,    and 
strong  holds  j 

jy,  when  the 
olumbia  were 
e  afiaid  to  go 

hich  Avas  dafk 
,  and  returned 
e  the  evil  that 

body  of  Ross, 
it  it  into  a  ves- 
naica  ; 

kCdness  might 
J,   their  mus- 

eantime,  that 
the  chief  cap* 
d  up  the  river 
ort  JVMIcnry 

y  lieth  about 
J  name  of  tl»e 
a  man  of  cou- 


of   the  kin^ 


ilrew  nigh  unto  the  fort,  thiy  cast  their  rockets  and 
their  bomb-shells  inio  it  plcmiruiiy  and  strove  hard 
to  drive  the  men  of  Colunjbia  away. 

32  But  the  g.dl  mt  Armibtcd  let  the  destroying 
engines  loose  uj)0ii  ihem,  without  mercy  ;  and  they 
cast  out  their  thunders,  winged  with  death,  among 
the  servants  of  \hv.  king. 

33  The  loud  groans  of  their  wounded  flonted  upon 
the  waters,  vvitii  an  awiui  horror  that  sliocked  the 
ear  of  huma;)itv. 

34  And  it  was  so,  that  when  Cockburn  found  he 
couhl  not  prevail  dgiinst  the  strong  hold,  he  also 
departed  from  the  river,  neither  came  they  against 
the  place  any  more.* 


•  One  of  the  fcnllant  dtfnders  of  Fort  AI^  Henry 
haa  celebrated  thin  circumaiance  m  deathless  verse. 
Nii  jioetry  is  so  exqu:-iitc,  and  his  Uesirifitions  so  fiQ' 
thciiC't  that  ive  cannot  resist  the  filcasurc  oj'  /iresenC' 


inif  his  stanzas  to  our  readers. 


THE    STAR-SPANGLF,D    BANNER. 

O  !  say,  can  you  see,  by  the  dawn's  eai'ly  light, 
What  so   proudly    we  haii'd  at  the  twilight's  last 
gleaming, 
Whose  broad  stripes   and  bright   stars  through  the 
perilous  fight. 
O'er  the  ramparts   we   watch'd  were  so  gallantly 
streaming  ? 
And  the  rockets'  red  glare,  the  bombs  bursting  in  air, 
Gave  proof  through  the  night  that  our  Fl>.g  was  still 
there  ; 
O  I  say,  does  that  Star-spangled  Banner  yet  wave, 
O'er  the  land  of  the  free,  and  the  home  of  the  brave? 


189 


HISTORICAL 


55  Now  when  the  men  of  Columbia  heard  that 
Ross,  the  chief  ciptain  of  the  kinq;,  was  slain,  and 
the  host  of  Britain  was  connpcllcd  to  flee  from  be- 
fore the  ciiy,  they  were  exceedingly  rejoiced. 


On  the  shore  dimly  seen  throuy;h  the  mists  of  the 
deep. 
Where  the  foe*s  huught}«host  in  dread  silence  re- 
poses, 
What  is  ihat  which   the  breeze,  o'ei*  the   towering 
steep, 
As  it  fitfully  blows,  half  conceals,  half  discloses  ? 
Now  it  catches  the  glean»  of  the  moniinj^'s  first  beam, 
In  lull  j>lory  reflected  now  shines  on  the  stream. 
*Tis  tf»e  Siur-spanp^led  banner,  O!  long  may  it  wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave. 

And  where  is  that  band  who  so  vauntingly  swore 

That  the  havoc  of   war  and  the  battle's  confusion, 
A  home  and  a  country,  should  leave  us  no  more  ! 

Their  blood   has   wash'd   out  their  foul  footsteps* 
pollution. 
No  refuge  could  save  the  hireling  and  slave, 
From  the  terror  of  flight  or  the  gloom  of  the  grave, 

And  the  Star-spangled  Banner  in  triumph   doth 
wave, 

O'er  the  land  of  the  free,  and  the  home  of  the  brave. 

O  !  thus  be  it  ever  when  freemen  shall  stand, 

Between  their  lov'd  home,  and  the  war's  desolation. 
Blest  with  vict*ry  and  peace,  may  the  Heaven  res- 
cu'd  land, 
Praise  the  Power  that  hath  made  and  preserv'd  us 
a  nation  1 
Then  conquer  we  must,  when  our  cause  it  is  just, 
And  this  be  our  motto — »'  In  God  ia  »ur  trunt  ;" 
And  the    Star-spangled    Banner  in  triumph  shall 

wave 
O'er  the  land  of  the  free,  and  the  home  of  the  brave: 


READER. 


18^ 


card  that 
slain,  i^nd 
fioui  be- 
ed. 


ts  of  the 
ilence  re- 


I?6  And  the  bt^vc  defenders  of  Baltimore  had 
great  praise  and  '  onor  given  them  tljvoughout  the 
laT)d. 

37  And  the  names  of  those  who  fell  in  the  con* 
lest,  are  they  not  writienon  the  monument  which  the 
gratitude  of  the  people  of  BaU'-rvore  erected  to  the 
memory  of  its  defenders  ? 


towering 

[liscloses  ? 
irst  btnm, 
tream. 
layit  wave 
the  brave, 

swore 
confusion, 
more  I 
footsteps' 

he  grave, 
uph   doth 

the  brave. 

nd, 

esolation. 
iuvcn  res- 


5serv*d  us 

is  just, 
rujit  /" 
mph  shall 

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iO:l! 


•:■  f.i  it  '■   i>. 


Dcstructtou  of  the  fniva^eer  Gen.  Jrmstrontf,  Sani" 
url  C.  Rfid^  co/itani—Scorfiionafid  Tii'rrss  cafi* 
tnrtd — U  S.  fric^atc  yJdams  burnt — Castnie^- 
Fort  Boycr  attacked — dc/itriiciion  of  the  Jirates 
at  Barratnria^  by  ^om.  Patterson— --G en.  Jackson 
ca/uurcs  Pensacoiay  and  returns  to  JVexo-Oricant, 


•  t 


^  OW  the  loud  and  frightful  noise  of  war  sounded 
upon  the  bosom  of  the  great  deep;  and  the  shores 
of  Columbia  knew  no  peace. 

2  1  he  dreadful  clangor  of  arms  rung  upon  the 
land,  and  echoed  from  the  mountains;  and  the  groans 
of  sufTiM-ing  victims  floated  in  the  air  of  heaven, 

3  But  the  Lord  favored  the  people  of  Columbia, 
and  thoir  armj.es  atid  their  navy  gained  strength,  and 
prosperity  was  showered  upon  them  :  the  voice  of 
war  became  familiar  to  those  who  were  strangers  to 
it  in  times  pnst. 

4  Now  on  the  twenty-sixth  d  \y  of  the  ninth  moiub, 
being  in  the  thirty  and  ninth  year  of  American  In- 
dependence, 

5  It  came  to  pass,  that  a  certain  private  armed  ves- 
sel cf  the  people  of  Columbia,  called  the  G  neral 
Armstrong,  commanded  by  Samuel,  whose  sir-numC 
was  held, 


READER. 


185 


trontc,  Sani" 
Tit!  rrsH  cafi* 
— Catxine— 
thr  Jnratea 
ten,  Jdckson 
feiO'Or  leant. 


war  sounded 
id  the  shores 

ig  upon  the 
kI  the  groans 

heaven, 
of  Columbia, 
strength,  and 

the  voice  of 
s  St  rangers  to 

ninth  month, 
American  In- 

ite  armed  ves- 

the  G  neral 

hose  sir-nuin( 


and  ten  years  ago,-' 
d  where  poison- 

ie  evening  when 
oi.^  vessels  of  Bri- 


6  \\ci<\  cast  her  anchors  in  the  haven  of  F'yal,  an 
i8l:\U(l  ill  the  sea,  which  lioth  towaid.H  the  rising  sunj 
jibout  t^Yo  tliousand  miles  from  the  land  of  Colum* 
bia  ; 

7  A  pU\cc   wlicro,  two  >■ 
there  was  a  mityhtv  earihquuk 
ous  reptiles  never  dwell. 

8  And  it  was  about  the  d  is 
Samuel  saw  a  number  of  the 
tain  hemming  him  in  :  so  he  drew  nigh  to  the  shore 
for  safety,  for  the  place  was  friendly  to  both  powers, 

9  Nevertheless,  the  boats  from  the  vessels  of  the 
king  wrnt  against  Samuel  to  take  his  vessel  ;  but 
with  his  weapons  of  war  he  drove  them  off  and  slew 
numbers  of  them,  so  that  they  were  glaU  to  escape 
to  their  strong  ships. 

10  However,  they  quickly  returned  with  a  great- 
er number  of  boats,  and  about  four  hundred  men  ; 
and  S  imuel  saw  ihem,  and  prepared  to  meet  them.' 

1 1  The  silver  beams  of  the  moon  danced  upon 
the  gently  rolling  waves  of  the  ocean,  and  th© 
sound  of  the  oar  again  broke  the  sweet  silence  of 
night. 

12  But,  when  they  came  nigh  the  vessel  rf  Snnmel| 
the  men  of  Cohunbia  poured  out  destruciion  upon 
them  with  a  plentiful  hand  ; 

13  Inasmuch  as  they  were  again  compelled  to  de- 
part to  their  strong  v<  ssels.  with  drc.  diui  loss. 

14  Ht>w<ver,  about  the  dawning  of  the  day,  one 
of  the  birong  vessels,  called  tl  e  Cariiaiion.  came 
against  the  vess<  1  of  (JoIuUibia,  and  let  her  dcstrojr* 
ing  ei  gines  loose  with  great  fui;jr. 

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HISTORICAL 


•  15  Now  Lloyd,  who  commanded  the  Plant^gerict, 
was  the  chief  captain  of  the  king,  in  the  place  ;  and 
Ije  violated  the  law  of  nations. 

1 6  So,  when  Samuel  saw  that  the  whole  fleet  of 
Britain  were  bent  on  destroying  his  vessel,  in  defi- 
ance of  the  plighted  honor  of  nations,  he  ordered 
her  to  be  sunk. 

ir  After  which  he  and  his  bruve  mariners  desert- 
ed her,  and  went  upon  the  shore  ;  and  the  servuils 
of  the  king  came  and  burnt  her  with  fire  in  the  neu- 
tral port  of  Fayal. 

18  Nevertheless,  they  received  the  reward  of 
their  unrighteousness,  for  much  damag«  was  done 
to  their  vcisels,  and  their  slain  and  wounded  were 
two  bundled  two  Fcore  and  ten. 

19  Of  the  people  of  Columbia  two  only  were 
slain  and  seven  maimed  !  1 

20  And  the  valiant  deeds  of  Samuel  gained  him 
aiiame  amongst  the  brave  men  of  Columbia, 

21  Now,  in  the  same  month,  the  Scorpion  and  the 
Tigress,  two  fighting  vessels  of  Toluinbia,  on  lake 
Huron,  were  captured  by  the  men  of  Britain. 

23  Likewise,  about  this  time,  there  were  numer- 
ous other  evils  that  befel  the  sons  of  Columbia ; 

S3  Inasmuch  as  a  brave  captain,  whose  sir-name 
was  Morris,  was  obliged  to  consume  his  ship  with 
fire,  lest  she  should  full  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy ; 
and  she  was  called  tiie  Adams.* 

24  Now  this  was  at  a  place  called  Castine,  which 
tras  forcibly  iiccupied  by  the  strong  ships  of  Britain, 


J  U,  S.  frigate  jidamB* 


L'C- 


''^* 


READER. 


\B7 


itagenct^ 
ice  ;  and 

?•  fleet  of 

,  in  clefi- 

ordcrcd 

•s  desert- 
servunts 
the  neu- 

eward  of 
was  done 
led  were 

nly  were 

uned  him 
a. 

m  and  the 
1,  on  fake 
ain. 

re  numer- 
iibia ; 
sir-name 
ship  with 
le  enemy ; 

ncj  which 
){  Britain) 


and  lieih  to  the  cast,  in  the  District  of  Maine :  more* 
dver,  ii  became  a  watering  place  for  the  servants  of 
the  king. 

25  But  when  James,  the  chief  governor,  and  thq  .4; 
great  Sanhedrim,  know  thereof,   tlfey  sent  word  to 
the  governor,  and  offervil  him  boldiers  to  drive  thtm 
from  the  borders  of  Columbia  ;        ■ 

26  Bui,  lo  i  the  governor,  even  Cale!)  the  Strongs 
refused  his  aid,  tor  he  was  afraid  of  ttic  wrath  of  the 
king  of  Britain.* 

27  (Now  Caleb,  in  the  hebrew  tongue,  signifieth 
a  do^  ;  but,  verily,  this  dog  was  faithless) 

28  Moreover,  it  came  to  pass,  about  the  same 
time,  that  the  strong  hold  of  Fort  Boyer,  being  at  « 
place  called  Mobile-point,  was  attacked  b/  the 
strong  ships  of  Britain.  ^r  - 

39  Now  Mobile  had  lately  been  the  head  quar* 
(ers  and  the  resting-place  of  the  army  of  Jackson} 
the  brave  ;  , 

30  But  the  enemies  of  CoIumHa  had  become  tu- 
multuous at  a  place  called,  by  the  Spaniards,  Pen* 
Sacola,  whither  he  had  departed  to  quell  them  ; 

31  So  that  the  fort  was  defended  by  only  aband> 
ful  of  men,  commanded  by  th';^  gallant  Lawrence. 

32  And  the  names  of  the  vessels  of  the  king,  that 
assailed  the  fort,  were  the  Hermes,  the  Charon,  and 
the  Sophie,  besides  other  fighting  vessels ;  which 
opened  their  lires  upon  the  strong  hold. 

33  Nevertheless,  Lawrence  was  not  dismayed,  al' 


•  See  the  Utter  cf  Sec,  Monroe,  and   Strong'^ 

■  ,'?-  - 


m 


.■^ 


'ii,^ 


188 


HISTORICAL 


though  Woodbine,*  the  white  savage*  camfc  in  his 
rear,  with  one  of  the  destroying  engines  and  a  how. 
itzer,  an  instrument  of  Satan,  and  about  two  hundred 
"^iiaviiges. 

34  So  when  J<awrence  let  his  engines  of  death 
loose  upon  them,  and  showered  the  whizzing  balls 
amongst  them,  for  about  the  space  of  three  hours, 
Ihey  fled- 

35  And  the  slaughter  on  board  the  ships  was 
dreadful ;  and  about  three  hundred  of  the  men  of 
Britain  were  sluin,  and  the  Hermes  was  blown  out 
€f  the  water  into  the  air  with  an  awful  noise. 

pd  The  loss  of  the  people  of  Columbia  that  day^ 
'Was  four  slain  and  five  maimed. 
'  37  About  this  time  a  band  of  sea-robbers  and  pi- 
rates, who  had  established  themselves  upon  the 
island  of  Barrataria,  were  committing  great  wicked- 
ness and  depredationi  :  and  were  icudy  lo  assist  the 
men  of  Britain. 

38  But  a  valiar  ,ian,  called  Daniel,  ^ir-named 
Patterson,  went  against  them  with  his  small  fi^Uting 
vesbels,t  and  scattered  them  abroad,  and  took  their 
Tessels,  and  destroyed  their  petty  establishment  of 
sea' robbery. 

39  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jackson  heard  that 
Pensacola,  the  capital  of  West-Fioricla,  had  become 
a  resting-place  for  the  enemies  of  Columbia  \  and 
that  the  men  of  Britain  occupied  the  place,  and  had 
built  them  a  strong  hold  therein  ; 


•  The  celebrated  ta/it,   fVuudbine,   of  the   JBritith 

nnvy,  ?- ;  ' 

t  Gun-boa  ft. 


READER. 


le  in  Uia 
1  a  how. 
lundred 

)f  death 
mg  balls 
B  hours, 

kips  was 
men  of 
own  out 

k 

*• 

that  day, 

i  and  pi- 

ipon   the 

wicked- 

LSsiiiL  the 

ir-named 

fighting 

jok  their 

hment  of 

card  that 

become 

3ia  t  and 

I  and  had 


180 


Briti*^ 


.-*■:•  ':•>■;:%■>. 


40  From  whence  thcjr  sent  forth  ^Ije  weapons  of 
war  and  iho  black  dunt  among  the  savag^vto  destroy 
the  people  of  Columbia ;  and  that  the  servants  of 
the  kinp:  of  Spain  were  afraid  to  prevent  the  wick- 
edness thereof ; 

41  fiehold  !  he,  even  Jackson,  went  out  against 
the  place  with  a  band  of  five  thousand  fighting  men, 
the  brave  sons  of  Tennessee  and  other  parts  of  Co* 
lumbia.  ~^  i'-- 

42  And  it  was  early  in  the  morning  of  the  seventh 
day  of  the  eleventh  month,  when  the  host  of  Colum- 
bia appeared  before  the  walls  of  Pensacola. 

43  And  iminediately  Jickson  sat  the  engines  of 
destruction  to  work ;  and  tho  smoke  thereof  obscur- 
ed tue  weapons  of  war, 

44  Now  when  the  governor  of  the  pi  tce  heard 
the  noiie  of  the  engines  ot  death  and  the  clashing  of 
arms,  he  was  smitten  with  fear  ; 

45  Insomuch  that  Jackson,  the  chief  ca|>tain,  who 
with  his  army  had  encompassed  the  place,  quickly 
compelled  him  lo  surrender  the  town,  and  beg  iop 
mercy  ;  whioi  was  granted  unto  him  and  his  peopley 
even  the  Spaniurds.  .         rr.  /  .; 

46  Now  When  the  men  of  Britain  saw  this,  they 
put  the  muicli  to  thr-  b  acl;  dust  in  their  strong  hold;| 
and  it  rent  tne  air  vviin  a  tremendous  noise.       ' 

47  After  which  they  fl<^d  from  the  land  into  their 
strong  hhips,  that  were  in  the  haven  of  PcnsuCola. 

48  And  Jackson,  iiaving  accomplished' his  pur- 
pose, rctui  lied  with  his  army,  in  triumph,  to  the  city 
of  \ew -Oilcans,  on  the  second  day  «i  \XiQ  twelfth 
monih.  ; 


•? 


18  * 


t9t 


HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  L. 


Steam*boaU'--Fulton<—~torfiedoea<--^ttemfit  to  blow  u/i 
(he  riantagcnet'-^kidnap fling  Joshua  Fenny, 


^  OW,  it  happened  that,  in  the  land  of  Columbia, 
there  arose  up  wise  and  learned  men,  whose  cun- 
ning had  contrived  and  invented  many  useful  things. 

2  Among  these  there  appeared  one  whose  inge- 
nuity was  exceedingly  great,  inasmuch  as  it  astonish- 
ed all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth : 

3  Now  the  name  of  this  man  was  Robert,  sir- 
named  Fulton  ;  but  the  cold  hand  of  death  fell  upon 
him,  ami  he  slept  with  his  fatheis,  on  the  twenty  and 
third  day  of  the  second  month  of  the  eighteen  hun<«i 
dred  and  fifteenth  year  of  the  Christian  era. 

4  Howev«'r,  the  things  which  he  brought  into 
pmctice  in  his  lifetime  will  be  recorded,  and  his 
uainf  sp(;kcnof  by  generations  yet  unborn. 

5  Although,  like  oth*rr  men  of  genius,  in  these 
days,  he  was  spoken  of  but  slightly  at  first  i  tor  the 
people  said,  Lo !  the  man  is  beside  himsi-lf !  ai>d  they 
laughed  at  him ;  nevertheless,  he  exceeded  their  ( 3C* 
pectations.  ._., 

6  For  it  came  to  pass,  that  (assisted  by  L  iviii|f.* 
^tOD)  a  mau  of  wealth,  and  a  lover  of  arts  and  learn- 


blow  ufi 
nny. 


)Iumbia, 
se  cun- 
1  things, 
se  inge- 
istonish- 

ert,  sir- 
ell  upon 
nny  and 
eti  iiuii^ 

;ht  into 
and  his 

n  these 
tor  the 

li'dihejr 
heir  (X.* 

I  ivi|ig» 
i  learn- 


hi^^f^m^H^ 


ing)  he  was  enabled  to  construct  certain  curious  ves- 
sels, Citlled  in  the  vernacular  tongue,  steam-boats. 

7  Now  these  steam-boais  were  cunningly  con- 
trived) and  had  abundance  of  curious  workmanship 
therein,  such  as  surpassed  the  comprehension  ol'  all 
the  wise  men  of  the  east}  from  the  beginning  to  this 
day. 

8  Howbeit,  they  were  fashioned  somewhat  like 
unto  the  first  vessel  that  floated  upon  the  waters, 
which  was  the  ark  of  Noah|  the  ninth  descendant 
from  Adam  ; 

9  /Vnd  that  they  might  heat  the  water  which  pro- 
duced the  steam,  there  was  a  fiery  furnace  placed 
in  the  midst  of  the  vessels,  and  the  smoke  issued 
from  the  tops  thereof. 

10  Moreover,  they  had.  as  it  were,  wheels  within 
wheels:  and  they  moved  fast  upon  <he  waters,  eveM 
against  tha  wind  ana  the  tide. 

1 1  And  they  first  began  to  move  upon  the  great 
river  Hudson,  passing  to  and  fro,  from  New- York 
to  Albany,  in  the  north,  conveying  the  people  hither 
and  thither  in  safety.  >'"  f* 

12  But  when  the  scoffers,  the  enemies  of  P'ulton, 
and  the  gainsayers,  saw  that  the  boati  moved  plea- 
santly upon  the  river,  they  began  to  be  a^humed  of 
their  own  ignorance  and  stupidity,  and  were  fain  to 
get  into  the  bouts  themselves ;  after  which,  instead 
of  laughing,  they  gaped  at  the  inventor  with  ^oti« 
ishmtnt.  II^?'?*  ■ 

IS  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  th  great  Sanhedrim 
wore  pleased  with  the  thing,  inasmuch  as  they  di- 
ncted  a  figliting  vessel  of  Coiuaxbia  to  be  built  afien 
Uiia  manner.  -   •    ,    . 


.--^ 


*-*,.   3' 


i93 


HISTORICAL 


1 4  So  a  vessel  was  built  to  carry  the  destroying 
engines,  even  a  steam  frigate,  and  they  called  the 
name  thereof  Fulton  the  First  ; 

15  And  certain  skilful  men  were  appointed  com- 
ini<^sioners  to  construct  this  new  and  dreadful  engine 

•  of  destruction. 

16  And  Samuel,  a  philosopher,  sir-named  Mitchel, 
a  citizen  of   New-York,    was  one  of  the    commis- 

'  sioners;  also,  Rutgers,  and  Morris,  and  VVolcot,  and 

Dearborn,    were  oiher  commissioners  ;  and  they  all 

gave  their  services  freely  for  the  good  of  their  cuun- 

ti*y 

Vl7  Now  she  was  equipped  with  thirty  of   the  en- 

'  gines  of  destruction  ;  and  the  weight  of  a  ball  that 
they  vomited  forth  was  about  a  thousand  siiekels.    . 

18  And,  when  the  movement  of  the  frigate  was 
fteen  on  the  river>  she  was  as  a  strong  floating  hj^* 
tery  upon  the  waters,  terrible  as  death. 

19  Atid'the  leni^th  thereof  was  about  an  hundred 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof  thirty  cubits  : 

20  Moreover,  as  they  had  no  gophar-wood^  they 
built  the  vessel  partly  of  the  locust-tree,  and  partly 
of  the  majestic  oak  that  fiourishes  iu  the  extensive 
forests  of  Columbia.  .  > 

2t  But  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  whe  men  and 
the  people  of  Hriiaii>h«ard  of  this  steam  frigate,  they 
were  s*  izsd  with  astonishment  and  fright ;  inasmuch 
as  it  became  a  monster  in  their  ima.ginutions. 

22  And  they  spake  concerning  it,  saying,  Lo! 
the  length  of  ihi-^  wonder  of  the  wond,  which  hath 
been  invented  by  those  cunning  Yankees,  is  abot*t 
two  hundred  cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof  an  huu** 
drcd  thirty  and  five  cubits ;  -  .    if- i 


.iW.»^i^-""f.E  ,.'.<?*»fi. 


READER. 


igsj. 


citroying 
called  the 

tted  com- 
ul  engine 

,  .,,  ■ 

Mitchcl, 

commis- 

olcot,  and 

id  they  ail 

icir  cuun- 

f  the  en- 
I  ball  that 
ekels.  .. 
gate  was 
dling  b»t* 

I  hundred 

• 

>od,  they 
md  partly 
exieiiMve 

men  and 
;ate, they 
Inasmuch 

IS. 

ing,  Lo! 

tiich  hath 

is  aboi»t 

\  an  huu<* 


<23  The  number  of  her  destroying^  engines  \%  very 
great ;  and  the  weight  of  a  bah  wltich  she  voiniteth 
foi'ih,  is  abuut  a  thousand  five  hundred  two  score  and 
ten  shekels : 

24  Moreover,  said  they,  she  is  prepared  to  cast 
forth  scalding  water  in  showers  iipon  the  servants  of 
the  king,  which  will  deform  their  countenances  and 
spoil  their  beauty  ;  '' 

'J5  Likewise,  they  have  prej^arcd  her  with  two- 
edged  swords,  which,  by  means  of  the  sieam  of  thft 
vessel,  issue  like  li|^htning  out  of  her  sides. 

26  And  now,  also,  the  cunninj:;  and  witchcraft  of 
these  Yankees,  these  sons  ot  liclial,  these  caiidren 
of  lieeizebub.  have  invented  another  instrument  of 
destruction)  more  subtle  than  all  the  rest  :  ' 

W7  Yea,  these  are  mighty  evil  things,  and  they 
are  c  died  torpedoes,  which  may  be  said  to  signify 
sleeping  devils  ;  which  come,  as  a  thief  in  the  night;^ 
to  destroy  the  servants  of  the  king;  and  were  con* 
trived  by  that  arch  fiend,  who?  ^  name  was  Fulton. 

28  Now  these  wonderful  torpedoes  were  made 
partly  of  brass  and  partly  of  iron,  and  were  cunning- 
ly contrived  with  curious  works,  like  unto  a  clock  ; 
and  as  it  were  a  large  ball.  •     x^ 

29  And,  after  they  were  prepared,  and  a  great 
quantity  of  the  black  dust  put  therein,  they  were  let 
down  into  the  water,  nigh  unto  the  strong  shipS} 
with  intent  to  destroy  thenfi ;    ■  *  '^i$f^.: 

SO  And  it  was  so,  that  when  they  struck  against 
the  ^ottom  of  the  ship,  the  black  dust  in  the  torpedo 
would  catch  fire,  an  I  buist  forth  witn  tremendous 
roar,  casting  the  vessel  out  of  the  waters  and  hur%.t- 
ihg  her  in  twain. 


-{■•>'• 


194 


HISTORICAL 


tK 


N 


I 


3 1  Now  these  torpedoes  were  brouj^hl  into  prac- 
tice duriiij^  the  war,  aUhough  the  war  ceased  before 
they  did  that  destruciien  to  the  enemies  of  Colum- 
bia, for  which  they  were  intended. 

32  However,  a  certain  nr>an  of  courage  and  enter- 
prize,  whose  name  was  Mix,  prepared  one  of  th« 
torpedoes,  and  put  it  into  the  waters  of  the  deep, 
at  c<  pl^ce  called  Lyn-Huv(  n  Bay,  at  ihe  mouth  of 
the  great  bay  of  Chesajieake.  ni^h  unto  the  town 
of  Norfolk,  in  the  stale  of  Virginia; 

33  Ami  it  niovcd  towards  a  strong  ship  of  Britaiih 
called  the  Plantagenet,  after  one  of  the  former  prlncee 
of  England  ;  but  an  accident  happened  a  little  be- 
fore it  reached  the  vessel,  and  it  burst  asunder  in  the 
Vaters  with  a  tremendous  noise  ; 

-  34  And  spouted  the  water  up  into  the  air,  as  doth 
the  mighty  whals,  and  the  sound  thereof  wat,  as  it 
were,  the  voice  of  thunder  ;  ' 

>  35  And  the  servants  of  the  king  weM  Mghtened 
horribly  by  the  means  thereof;  after  which  they 
trembled  at  the  name  torpedo  I— *and  were  oUiged  to 
^uard  their  vessels  in  the  night)  Mid  put  a  double 
;Watch  upon  them ; 

36  Moreover,  they  condemned  this  mode  of  vrar« 
fare,  saying  a  Verily,  this  is  a  foul  fashion  of  fight- 
ing ;  inasmuch  as  by  your  canning  ye  Yankees  take 
the  advantage  of  us;  and  the  thing  is  new  unto  us. 

S7  But  they  had  wiliuHy  forgotten,  that  in  the  life 
time  of  Fulton,  they  had  ofiPered  him  forty  thouiaud 
pieces  cf  gold,  if  he  would  bring  these  tor^rloes 
i^to  practice  in  their  omfq  coutury,  that  they  mif  ht 


iWi 


.1;. 


)j,'|r 


"HEADER. 


195 


I  prlc- 
beford 
)olum- 

enter- 
of  the 
J  deep, 
outh  of 
ke  town 

Bntaiih 
princes 
tile  be- 
>r  in  th« 

at  doth 
it,  as  it 

ghtened 

cb  they 

(ligedto 

double 

of  war- 
&f  fight- 
ees  take 
unto  us. 
the  life 
houtaa^d 
)r|ii^oes 
y  m%hi 


use  thenn  up^amst  the  Gauls,*  with  whom  they 
vraiTcd  coiuinually  for  more  than  twenty  years  : 
llowbeit  they  proved  faithless  to  Fultunj  and  so  he 
din  ii  not  for  them. 

38  Moreover,  it  came  to  pass,  that  a  certain  man,  % 
pilot,  even  J  )sl,ua,  sir-named  Penny,  became  a  vic- 
tim of  their  spite,  because  he  aitempted  to  go  against 
them  with  the  torpedoes  to  drive  them  out  of  the 
waters  of  Columbia. 

39  Now  Joshua  lived  at  a  place  called  Eant 
Hampton,  being  at  the  cast  end  of  Long  Inland,  neai* 
Gardner's  Island,   opposite  New  London. 

40  And  the  men  of  Brilain  came  to  his  house  in 
the  iiight,  and  stole  him  away,  even  out  of  liis  bed, 
and  carried  him  on  board  a  vessel  of  the  king,  called 
the  Uamiiies,  from  whence  he  was  conveyed  to  Hal- 
ifax in  the  province  of  Nova  Scotia. 

4'  Now  while  Joshua  remained  in  the  dungeons 
of  the  king  he  was  treaied  with  the  inhospitality  of 
barbarians  ,  moreover,  they  strove  to  lead  him  as- 
tray :  but  he  proved  faithful  to  his  God  and  to  his 
country  j  for  he  had  known  the  wickedness  of  Bri- 
tain in  times  past.f 

42  However,  they  kept  him  in  bondage  many 
nionths,  after  which  they  suffered  him  to  go  to  his 
own  country. 

•  7'hT8  was  about  the  lime  of  the   Boulognt  fiotilU, 

t  Jotihua  J^cnny  had  brerit  /irevioua  to  the  nvar% 
imfiresncd  in  the  Uriti^h  §trvice^  and  kcjii  in  it  a  nunt? 
hr  q/'  years. 


•.f- 


i9«- 


HISTORICAL 


41  For  the  chief  j^ovcrnor  of  the  land  of  Coluui^ 
Via.  and  the  Great  Skinhcdriru,  in  their  wisdom,  had 
ordered  two  of  the  servants  of  the  \C\nf^  to  be  taken 
and  held  as  hostages  for  his  safe  return  ;  aiKl,  hut 
for  this  thing,  they  would  have  hang.d  him,  orcti  sra 
a  man  hangtth  a  dojj.  '«.       ' 


r  " 


READER. 

om,  had 
je  laken 

■ » 

aiKl,  but 
orcfi  as 

.:    ^^  ..           -;W     CHAP.   LI. 

;,.r  ■  '.     ■ 

197 


<*j 


Jjfairs  in  and  about  JVew-York,  thejirat  commercial 
city  in  America — working  on  the  fortijicaflona  qf 
Brooklyn  and  Hae*'iem'—cafiture  of  the  Britiifi 
tender  Eaglcy  by  the   Yankee  smacks 


■Q^Vt. 


,  -  >  :* 


Now,  as  good  sometimes  cometh  out  of  ctU,  t« 
the  people  of  New-York,  n  great  city,  which  lieth 
at  the  mouth  of  the  river  Hudson,  nigh  the  sea  coast} 
and  containeth  more  than  an  hundred  thousand  s>ouls« 

2  When  they  beheld  the  wickedness  that  wai 
committed  by  the  servants  of  the  king,  to  the  south 
and  round  about,  began  to  bestir  themselves,  and 
prepare  for  the  dangers  with  which  ihey  were  likely 
to  be  encompassed  :  V^-rV 

3  So  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  husbandmen  from 
the  surrounding  country  gathered  together,  and 
pitched  their  tents  hard  by  the  city. 

4  And  the  number  that  came  to  the  defence  of  the 
place  was  about  thirty  thousand  valiant  men ;  more- 
over  there  were  about  five  thousand  husbandmen 
from  the  state  of  New- Jersey,*       '^  '     •:   ^ :' 


i% 


^'^:. 


•  The  exertions  of  Daniel  D  Tom/ikin^  govern* 
or  of  the  state  of  A",  York,  at  thia  timef  will  long  be 
remembered  by  the  lieople. 


if^. 


19 


.v%. 


198 


HISTORICAL 


M 


5  Now  the  men  were  called  Jersey  Blues,  and 
they  were  encamped  partly  at  Paulus  Hook,  and 
"partly  at  a  place  called  the  Narrows,  which  lieth  to 
the  south  of  the  city  about  un  hundred  furlongs, 
where  the  destroying  engines  were  placed  in  multi- 
tudes. 

6  And  when  the  term  of  the  engagement  of  these 
men  of  Jersey  expired,  tl»ey  grieved  only  that  their 
lime  was  spent  for  nought  ;  for  they  were  ready 
and  well  pu'epared  to  meet  the  servants  of  the  king. 
•i  7  Nevertheless,  it  was  so  that  the  freemen  wlio 
came  to  the  defence  of  the  city,  built  strong  holds 
and  forts,  and  raised  up  fortiiicatiuna  in  abundance* 
inasmuch  as  the  whole  place  was  as  it  were  one 
camp. 

;  8  Moreover,  on  the  tenth  day  of  the  eighth  month, 
in  the  eighteen  hundred  and  tourtcenth  year,  the  in- 
habitants asst^mbled  together  in  the  midst  of  the  city, 
even  in  a  place  called  the  Park,  where  the  Federal 
llull,  a  superb  edifice,  rears  its  majestic  front;  with- 
in tiie  walfb  of  which  the  wise  men,  the  expounders 
of  the  law,  preside,  and  deliberate  for  the  benefit  of 
the  people 

9  Now  it  was  about  the  twelfth  hour  of  the  day 
when  the  people  began  to  gather  themselves  toge- 
ther ;  and,  from  the  porch  of  tlie  hall,  the  aged  VVil- 
Jet*  with  the  siar-sp  ngkd  banner  of  Columbia 
waving  over  his  silvery  head,  addressed  the  sur» 
roii!)dii.g  muiiitmle. 

10  And  tiie  people  shouted  with  a  loud  voice,  for 
the  words  of  his  ni(»u;ti  were  pjeasant  to  the  sons  of 
Liberty,  and  were  in  this  wi^e  ; 


;  Col.   IViliely  of  Mw'York, 


11 

brou: 
my  s 
ti-y,  a 
not  h 
of  the 
dom. 

12 
thcms 

15  . 
people 

14  > 
entren( 

15  A 
build  tl 
nii  uts ; 
liiither, 
licights 
HuerJci 

16  T 
went  oi 
''ind  tin 
fence  o| 
Slate. t 

ir  Al 

over  \U 
and  on 

18   M 
son,  to\| 

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^f  fie  ci\ 

t  The 


READER. 


1 9.9 


11  Lo !  three  score  and  fourteen  years  have 
biouj^ht  with  them  their  bodily  infirmiiics  ;  but  M'ere 
my  strengtli  as  unimpaired  as  my  love  for  my  coun- 
try, and  that  soul  which  still  animates  me,  ye  would 
not  have  found  me  in  tiic  rostrum,  but  in  the  midst 
of  the  battle,  fighting  against  the  enemies  of  free- 
dom. 

12  Thus  did  he  encourage  the  people  to  prepare 
themselves  for  the  i)roteciion  of  the  city. 

15  And  certain  wist;  men  were  ap^-ointed  by  the 
people  to  h.liig  these  things  into  operation.* 

14  So  the  people  began  to  fortify  ihemselves  and 
entrench  the  high  places  round  about  the  city. 

15  And  when  they  went  out  in  its  defence,  to 
build  their  strong  holds  and  to  raise  up  their  batile- 
nii  nts  ;  lo  !  ihe  steam-boats  of  Fulton  conveyed  them 
ihiiher,  about  a  thousand  at  a  time,  even  towai  ds  the 
licights  of  Brooklyn  in  the  east,  and  tl.e  heights  of 
Haerlcm  in  tne  north. 

16  The  young  and  the  old,  the  rich  and  the  poor, 
went  out  together  ;  and  took  with  them  their  bread 
and  their  wine  ;  and  cast  up  the  earth  for  the  de- 
fence of  the  place,  freely,  and  without  cost  to  the 
state. t 

17  And  when  they  went  into  the  boats  to  cross 
over  the  river,  there  was  loud  shouting  in  the  boats 
ftiul  on  the  shore. 

18  iMoreover,  as  they  passed  along  upthe  Hud- 
son, towards  the  heights  of  Haerlem,  the  fair  daugh- 


*  Committee  of  safety,  composed  of  the  Jldermen 
^f  he  citijy  and  iheir  assistants; 

t  The  services  rendered  on  this  occasion  by  that 
rntiectuhle  class  of  citizens ^  rut,  Firemus  of  A^EfT" 
loni:,  ivcre  particularly  consjiicuous. 

7'  '    ::>, 


SOO 


HISTORICAL 


ters  of  Columbia,  with  hearts  glowing  with  patriot- 
hm,  waved  their  lily  hands  in  token  of  applause. 

19  Likewise,  bands  of  men  came  from  the  neigh- 
l^ourhood  round  about ;  even  from  Newark,  and 
Patterson,  and  Paulus  Hook,  which  lie  in  the  state 
•f  New- Jersey,  * 

20  They  had  also  captains  appointed  over  their 
fcands ;  and  Abraham  and  David  were  two  among 
the  captains.* 

21  Now  Abraham,  with  his  band,  came  a  great 
way,  even  from  the  town  of  Patterson,  where  the 
wonderful  waterfalls  pour  headlong  over  the  rocky 
mountains,  reflecting  in  the  sun  a  thousand  brilliant 
rainbows. 

2S  Thus  for  an  hundred  days  did  the  people  of 
New-York  prepare  themselves  for  danger,  and  cast 
up  entrenchments  for  many  furlongs  round  about  the 
city  i  so  that  the  people  of  Britain  were  afraid  to  go 
against  it.f 


•  Major  Godwin  and  Major  Hunt% 

t  So  great  was  the  enthusiasin  of  the  fieofile  in  con- 
tHbuting  their  fiersonal  services  to  the  erection  of  for- 
tifications  on  the  heights  of  Hacrltm  and  Brooklyn^ 
that  scarcely  could  an  individual  be  found  in  the  fW' 
pulous  city  of  JSTew-Yorky  from  hoary  age  to  tender 
youths  cafiable  of  using  a  mattock  or  a  sfiade^  who  did 
not  volunteer  his  services  in  this  work  of  /latriotism. 
JEven  the  Ladies  were  coiisfncuous  in  aiding  and 
cheering  the  labours  of  their  Fathers^  their  UusbandS) 
their  Brothers^  and  their  '  nildren.  jlmongst  others, 
the  numerous  societies  of  Freemasons  joined  in  a  body, 
and  hf'aded  by  their  Grand- Mast er^*  who  was  also 
Mayor  of  the  tvy^firocecdcd  to  Brooklyn,  and  aasist- 
cd  very  s/iiritedly  iti   its  defence.     On  this  occddicn 

»  De  Witt  Clinton.  .       ■    .      ..  ' 


READER. 


301 


alriGt- 
se.  ^i 
ueigh- 
j    and 
Q  state 

r  their 
among 

a  great 
ere  the 
3  rocky 
jriliiant 

eople  of 
and  cast 
30UI the 
lid  to  go 


in  con' 
n  of  for- 
Brooklyn,, 
n  the  po- 
0  tender 
ivho  did 
triotisrn. 
ding  and 
FusbandS) 
st  others, 
n  a  body} 
was  it  I  so 
nd  assist' 


23  Nevertheless  the  strong  ships  of  war  of  Bri--' 
tain  moved  upon  the  waters  of  the  oqean  around  the 
place  in  numbers,  but  they  were  afraid  to  approach 
the  city  ;  for  when  they  came  nigh,  the  men  of  Co- 
lumbia let  the  destroying  engines  loose  upon  them, 
even  those  that  vomited  forth  whizzing  balls,  like 
shooting  stars,  red  from  the  fiery  furnace. 
;  ii  24  Notwithstanduig,  the  haughty  captains  of  the 
ships  of  Britain  would  send  in  their  boats  to  rob  the 


an  elderly  gentleman,  one  of  the  order ^  ivho  had  two 
sons  (//.'*•  oniy  children)  in  the  service  of  hi  a  country^ 
one  of  thrm  hrcfhly  distinguished  during  the  war  for 
his  wounds  and  his  bravery^  sung  the  following  start' 
zas^  in  his  own  character  o/*  Mason  and  Father^ 
whilst  the  Lodges  were  at  refreshment:^       „,,i 


■.-■*'■.• 


Hail,  Children  of  light !  whom  the  Charities  send 
Where  the  bloodhounds  of  Britain  are  shortly  ex- 
pected ; 
Who,your  country , your  wives  and  firesides  to  defend, 
On  the  summit  of  Brooklyn  have  ramparts  erected : 
Finn  iiod  true  to  the  trade,    .« y       ,  * 

Continue  your  aid, 
Till  the  top-stona  with  shouting  triumphant  is  laid: 
The  free  and  accepted  will  never  despair, 
Led  on  by  their  worthy  Grand  Master  and"  M-^yor.^ 

II.  V 

For  me,  whose  dismissal  must  shortly  arrive,         ' 
To  Heav'n  I  prefer  this  my  fervent  petition  :      ,ft 
"  Mav  I  never  America's  freedom  survive, 

"Norbeh  klherdisgrac*d  byasiianiefulsubmission: 

"  And,  though  righteously  steel'd, 
.     *        *'  If  It  last  v/ie  ?rtM«^  yic'UI, 

**  May  my  sons  do  their  duty, and  die  in  the  field:" 
But  the  free  and  accepted  will  never  despair. 
L«d  on  by  Uieir  worthv  Grand  Master  and  Mayor^" 

'  19*  ;: 


l•.■^'-^ 


;f),X^- 


■Vy 


•■if-.  i 


203 


HISTORICAL 


market-men  and  the  fishermen  :  howbeit,  thejr  were 
sometimes  entrapped. 

25  For  it  came  to  pass,  upon  a  certain  day,  that 
the  Poictiers,  a  mighty  ship  of  the  king,  lying  at  a 
place  called  Sandy-Hook,  sent  out  one  of  her  ten- 
ders, even  the  Eagle,  in  search  of  this  kind  of  plun- 
der: 

26  Whereupon,  a  fishing  boat  of  Columbia,  called 
the  Yankee,  under  the  direction  of  a  chief  captain 
called  Lewis,*  prepared  herself  with  a  number  of 
men  to  entrap  the  Eagle. 

37  So  they  took  a  fatted  calf,  a  bleating  Iamb,  and 
a  noisy  goose,  and  placed  them  upon  the  deck  of 
the  boat ;  and  when  the  servants  of  the  king  came 
nigh  the  Yankee,  thinking  they  were  about  to  be 
treated  handsomely  with  the  good  things  of  the  land 
of  Columbia*  their  hearts  were  rejoiced  ; 

38  And  they  commanded  the  vessel  called  the  Yan- 
kee to  follow  after  them,  towards  the  ship  of  the  king, 
their  master ;  but  at  this  moment  the  men  of  Colum- 
bia arose  up  from  their  hiding-places  in  the  hold  of 
the  boat*  and  shot  into  the  vessel  of  Britain. 

29  At  the  sound  of  which  they  were  so  astonish- 
ed, that  they  forgot  to  put  the  match  to  the  black  dust 
of  the  huge  howitzer,  a  desructive  engine  made  of 
brass,  which  they  had  prepared  to  destroy  the  men 
of  Columbia. 

30  So  they  were  confused,  and  surrendered  the 
£agle  up  to  the  Yankee.  .^    . 


.\ 


•  Commodore  Letvisy  commander  of  the  Jio  iila  in 
the  harbor  of  Keiv-York — '^ailhg-maitar  i^ercivoiy 
gallantly  conducted,  this  €xfn,dttion> 

4i 


vere 

that 
;  at  a 

ten- 
plun- 

lalled 
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of 


lb,  and 
eck  of 
r  canie 
L  to  be 
lie  land 


HEADER. 


31  And  as  they  came  up  to  the  city,  before  the 
Battery,  which  is  a  beautiful  place  to  the  south  there- 
of, the  thousands  who  were  assembled  there,  to  cele- 
brate the  Columbian  Jubilee, •  rent  the  air  with 
loud  shouts  of  joy,  whilst  the  roaring  engines  echo- 
ed to  the  skies. 

32  Thus  was  the  lamb  preserved,  and  the  proud 
and  cunning  men  of  Britain  outwitted  with  a  fatted 
calf  and  a  Yankee  goose. 


•  American  Indeiieiidence. 


le  Yan- 
le  king, 
Colum- 
hold  of 


y  ,:" 


stonish- 

Ack  dust 

made  of 

he  men 

ered  the 


to  tila  in 


«■..:.- 


\^ 


'20i 


HISTORICAL 


:■■  •^?«?' 


CHAP.  LH. 

Jiffaira  on  th(T  ocean — firivatecr  PrtJicc  of  Kcufcha- 
tcl — Marquis  of  Tweedale  d<'featccl  in  Ufijicr  Ca7i' 
add — cafHiirc  of  the  President— -/osa  of  the  Syl/ih 
-—ca/Uure  of  the  Cyune  and  the  Levant  by  the  Con- 
dtituiion — ca/iture  of  (he  St,  Lawrence — cafiture 
of  the  Fcngiun  by  the  Hornetf^ajitain  Biddle, 


oTHX  there  was  no  peace,  and  the  evils  of  war 
continued  on  the  face  of  the  deep,  and  the  waters 
thereof  were  encrimsoned  with  the  blood  of  man. 

2  And  it  came  lo  pass,  on  the  eleventh  day  of  the 
tenth  month,  in  the  eighteen  hundred  and  fourteenth 
year,  that  there  was  a  sore  battle  fought  between  five 
barges  from  the  Endymion,  a  strong  ship  of  the 
kins^,  and  a  privateer,  called  the  Piince  of  Neufcha- 
tel  commanded  by  the  valiant  Ordonneaux,  a  man 
ofGiul. 

3  Moreover,  the  number  of  the  men  of  Britain 
were  threefold  greater  than  the  people  of  Columbia  ; 
and  the  fight  happened  near  onto  a  pL'ce  called  Nan- 
tucket, ill  the  cast,  journeying  towards  Boston. 

4  Now  they  sat  tbeir  etigines  to  work  with 
dreadful  violence  ;  but  in  about  the  third  part  of  an 
hour  {he  barges  of  the  king's  ship  w^re  overcome; 
and  more  than  three  score  and  ten  men  of  iiritain 


-V 


ts**^- 


'^ -*■■'«*■;« 


■•'^v. 


READER. 


205 


■Srere  slain  and  maimed :  the   loss   in  the   privateer 
was  six  slain,  and  about  a  score  wounded. 

5  Now  this  battle  happened  in  the  same  month  in 
which  more  than  a  thousaiid  men  of  the  warriors  of 
Britain,  commanded  by  the  Marquis  of  Tweedale, 
were  defculcd  af^  lilack  Creek,  in  Upper  Canada, 
and  driven  to  their  sfmn*  holds  by  the  men  of  Co- 
lumbia, under  the  gallant  Bis^el.* 

6  Ten  days  afier  which  tlie  steam  frigate,  Fulton 
the  First,  was  launched  lorth  into  the  waters  at 
New- York. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
first  month  of  the  next  year,  that  one  of  the  tall  ships 
of  Columbia  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  servants  of 
the  king ; 

8  And  she  was  called  the  President,  after  the  tide 
of  the  chief  magistrate  of  the  land  of  Columbia  ; 
moreover,  she  was  commanded  by  the  gallant  Deca- 
tur, 

9  Who,  but  an  for  accident  that  bcfel  his  ship  the 
day  beforCjt  whilst  he  was  moving  out  of  the  harbor 
of  New-York,  would  have  outsailed  the  fleet  of  Bri- 
tain, and  escaped,  as  did  the  brave  and  persevering 
Hull,  of    the   Constitution,  in  the  fiifciycar  of  the 


*  Gen.  Bissel. 

t  She  was  injured  by  grounding  •ff  the  Hook. 

''  X  Commodore  Hul^  in  this  affair,  gained  much  aji- 
fiiause,  for  his  manoeuvres  in  escaping  from  the  Bri- 
tish fleet. 


'*■ 


J  06 


HISTORICAL 


10  Ncvertliclcss  it  was  so,  that  Decatur  was,  as 
it  wcic,  surrounded  by  the  ships  of  the  kinj^,  even 
five  of  them  ;  so  one  of  the  vessels,  called  the  En- 
dymion,  fell  upon  him,  and  Decatur  fought  hard 
Rgainst  her,  and  would  have  taken  her  ; 

11  I  ut  the  rest  of  t!^c  stron.uf  ships  came  down 
npon  him,  and  opened  iluir  thunderintj  en<.',inc8,  and 
compelled  him  to  surrender  his  ship  to  the  fleet  of 
Britain. 

12  However,  it  was  a  bloody  fight;  and  there  fell 
of  tb«  men  of  Cc^lnmbia  that  d;ty  twenty  and  four 
tluit  were  slain  nutrit^ht,  and  about  two  score  and  ten 
Avtrc  m<iimed,  aft(  r  having  kept  the  dtsiroying  en- 
gines to  work  nbout  the  spuci'  ot  thrcic  hours  :  how- 
beitt   D*caturlost  no  honor  thertby. 

13  Two  days  after  this,  a  stronjj^  vessel  of  the 
king,  culled  the  Sylph,  was  cast  away,  in  a  dreadful 
storm,  at  a  place  called  Southampton,  being  on  Long- 
IshiUd,  where  more  than  an  hundred  men  of  Britain 
perished,  in  the  dead  of  the  nigut ;  and  the  vessel 
parted  asunder  and  was  lost. 

14  Moreover,  there  were  six  of  the  men  of  Bri- 
tain wl;o  survived  their  brethren,  and  were  preserv- 
ed on  pieces  of  the  wreck,  until  the  next  day,  when 
the  neighbouiing-  people  took  them  into  their  houses 
and  nourished  them  ; 

15  And,  when  they  were  sufiiciently  recovered, 
that  misfortune  iniglu  not  bear  too  heavy  upon  them, 
they  wei*e  clad,  and  silver  given  to  them,  and  they 
were  sent  to  their  own  country,  at  the  expense  oflhc 
people  of  Columbia,  V" 

16  (Blessed  arc  the  mercifulj  for  they  shall  obtain 


iperev,  suiih  the  scripture 


^ 


READER. 


307 


as,  as 

even 
;  Eu- 

hurd 

clown 
'8,  -and 
leel  of 

:re  fell 
k1  tour 
xnd  ten 
ing  cn- 
:  liow- 

of  the 
Ireudful 

Long- 
Britain 

vessel 

of  Bri- 

ireserv- 

,  when 

houses 


17  Now  it  came  to  pass  in  these  days,  whilst  the 
fldets  of  Britain  cupiured  the  vessels  of  Col  mhia, 
when  they  caught  ihrm  singly  upon  the  ocean  that 
the  singh'  hinps  of  Columbia  begun  to  capture  the 
ships  of  Britiiiii  by  pairs  : 

18  Inasmuch  as  ii  happened  on  the  twentieth  day 
of  the  second  month  of  the  same  year,  that  a  certain 
strong  vessel  calleil  the  Constitution,  commanded  by 
the  brave  Stewurt.  fell  in  with  two  of  the  strong  ships 
of  the  king,  and  compelled  them  both,  in  the  spare 
of  forty  minutes,  to  strike  the  red  cross  of  Briiain 
to  thr  stars  of  Columbia. 

19  And  the  slain  and  wounded  of  the  king's  ships 
were  seventy  and  seven;  of  the  men  of  Columbia 
three  were  shifin  and  twelve  maimed  :  and  the  names 
of  the  vessels  of  Britain  were  the  Cyane  and  the  I  »- 
vant  ;  but  the  Levant  was  retaken  in  a  neutral  pori,* 
by  two  strong  ships  of  the  king.t 

20  Now  the  valiant  Stewart  and  his  bra,ve  men 
gat  great  praise  for  their  deeds*  even  the  great  San- 
hedrim of  the  people  honored  them,  und  gave  them 
twenty  thousand  pieces  of  silver.         '.•  -      -,■■■ 

21  In   the  same   month  the   gallant  Boyle,  com- 
manding the  piivateer  Chasseur,   captured   the  St. 
Lawrence,  a  fighting  vessel  of  the  king,  in  the  fourth  .. 
purt  of  an  hour.  »     , 

22  And  the  killed  and  wounded  of  the  St.    Law-  .. 
rence  were  thiriy  and  eight  j  and  the   Chasseur  had 
live  slain  und  eight  maimed. 


^' 


•W'. 


11  obtuin 


♦  Porlo  Praia, 


t  Jcaata  and  JVetvcastlf, 


203 


HISTORICAL 


23  Moreover,  it  c:\me  to  pass,  on  tl»c  twcnly-tliiid 
flay  of  the  next  monili,  that  another  fi^^hling  vessel 
of  the  king,  caUed  the  Pen^^uin,  was  taken  by  the 
Hornet,  a  strone;  vcbsel  of  Columbia,  cornnnunclecl  by 
a  mun  of  valor,  whose  sirname  was  Biddle. 
.  24  However,  the  battle  was  a  bloody  one,  and  the 
vessels  kept  their  engines  of  destruction  fiercely  in 
motion,  for  about  the  space  of  half  an  hour  bef  )rc 
the  flag  of  Britain  was  lowered  to  the  stripes  of  Co- 
lumbia. .-  i.  ,-  '  . 

25  And  the  slaughter  was  great ;  for  there  fell  of 

the  men  of  Britain  twj  score  and  one  ;  but  the  slaia 
of  Columbia   was  only  one,  and  the  maimed  were 

eleven.  , 

26  And  Biddle  was  honored  greatly  for  his  cou- 
rage :  ..  ,, 

27  But  this  was  the  last  sea-fight  of  importance, 
being  near  the  close  of  the  war. 

28  Now  about  this  time  the  navy  of  Columbia  had 
increased  more  than  fr)urfolcl,  and  the  fame  thereof 
had  extended  to  all  nations.  '*- 

29  For,  though  Columbia  was  young,  even  as  it 
were  in  the  gristle  of  her  youih;  yet  she  now  be* 
gan  to  resume  the  appearance,  and  display  the  vigor 
of  manhood. 


UEADEFt; 


Q!^ 


vessel 

by  ihc 

ided  by 


CHAP.  LIII. 


and  the 
rcely  in 
r  bef  )rc 
i  of  Co- 

•c  fell  of 
the  sltViii 
ed  were 

his  cou- 
portancc, 

mbia  had 
le  thereof 

Bven  as  it 
now  be- 
the  vigor 


liritinhJJeet  arriuen  near  A^eW'Orlenns-^t/ie  jimeri- 
san  Jlotilln  cafitured — a' tucks  by  the  British  vfioil 
the  army  of  Gen,  JucAson, 


Jy  OW,  when  the  lords  and  the  counsellors,  and  the 
vise  men  of  Britain,  heard  of  all  the  tribulations 
that  befel  them  in  the  land  of  Colunabia,  they  were 
troubled  in  their  minds. 

2  And  as  they  had  made  what  thc^  called  a  de- 
monstration at  Baltimore,  they  bethought  themselves 
of  making  another  demonstration  in  the  south. 

3  (Now  the  true  sigi»ification,  in  the  vernacular 
tongue,  of  this  word  demonstration,  had  always  been 
familiar  to  the  children  of  Columbia ;  but  the  new 
interpretation,  althowgh  it  wounded  the  pride  of  Bri- 
tain, tickled  the  sons  of  Columbia  ;  for,  as  the 
worlil  must  thii«k  to  this  day,  so  they  could  only 
consuue  itj  an  ocular  demonstration  of  British  fol- 

4  So  it  came  to  pass,  that  they  gathered  together 
their  army  and  their  navy,  even  two  score  and  ten 
fij^iiiing  vessels,  carrying  therein  about  twenty  thou- 
sand men  of  war  ;  and  the  name  of  the  chief  captain 
of  the  navy  was  Cochrane ;  and  the  chief  captains 
of  the  army  were  Pakenham,  Gibbs;  and  Keane. 

20 


Slf 


HISTORICAL 


It'' 


5  And  ihcy  essayed  to  goay^ainst  ihc  city  of  Nrw- 
Orleans,  which  Thth  to  the  south,  on  the  bordciH  of 
the  great  river  Mississippi,  in  the  state  of  Louiiiia- 
na,  which  was  covenanted,  in  good  faith,  to  the  Uiii« 
ted  States  in  the  days  when  JefTerson  i\  si.led  as 
cl»i'-'f  K^vcrnor  of  the  land  of  Coluirbia, 

6  But  it  came  to  pass,  that  JadiS'-'.j,  ^vhen  he  had 
returned  from  the  capture  of  ''' sacola,  where  he 
corked  up  the  bottles  of  inicjuiiv  that  were  ready  to 
te  emptied  out  upon  the  men  of  Columbia, 

7  Had  arrived  with  his  army  at  New-Orleans,  he 
"began  to  fortify  the  place,  for  he  had  heard  it  noisgd 
abroad  that  the  king  was  bent  upon  taking  the  city. 

8  About  this  time,  Jackson  communed  with  Clai- 
borne the  governor,  touching  the  matter  ;  and  as  his 
men  of  war  were  but  few,  the  valiant  husbandmen 
of  Louisiana,  Tennessee,  Kentucky,  and  the  Missis- 
sippi Territory,  were  informed  of  the  evil,  and  ac- 
cordingly they  flocked  in  multitudes  to  the  banners 
of  Jackson. 

9  Now,  as  Jackson  and  Cliiborne  had   counted 
upon  tlie  arrival  of  the  strong  ships  of  Britain,  so  it 
hcippened,  in   'he  latter  part  of  the   eighteen   hun 
drtd   f»iid  fourr.eriith   vear   that  they  made  their  ap- 
pearance,   €  .(  n  ".i  i.t;  twelftij  month  of  the  year. 

10  And  it  was  so,  that  wht:n  they  had  come  as 
nitrh  as  they  could  unto  the  city  with  their  heavy 
siiips,  some  <  f  which  curritd  an  htindred  of  the  de- 
stroyiiig  engines,  they  CoSi  anchor: 

1  I  And  lo,  atirr  having  passed  a  certain  d  ^iger- 
ous  pl.tce  cniK  d  Pass  Christian,  ihey  prepared  their 
boiUK,  coittaiiiing  more  tlian  a  thousand  uien,  af)d 
Bciil  ihem  in  great  iiumberb  against  the  boats  of  Co- 


UEADF.R. 


2U 


Tumuia  tint  were  upon  the  waters  of  the  lakes  about 
the  city  • 

12  Now  tlicse  small  vessels  of  Colui-nbia  w  ro 
coiiiinanded  by  Thomai,  a  brave  mait,  w!»uiic  ilr- 
nanie  was  Jones,  and  he  gave  them  hiiulraiice. 

13  Nevertheless,  in  the  space  of  about  two  hoyrs» 
the  boats  of  Columbia  vicrc  capuircd  by  the  vl'SscJs. 
of  Hriiuin,  one  ■A'w.v  another,  until  iliey  were  a  \ 
taken;  howe-vcr,  the  murincrs  of  Columbia  rouj>;lu 
well,  and  gained  f»;rcat  prai-se  ;  and  the  loss  of  ti>c 
king  was  about  three  hundrc  '. 

14  Now  the  capture  of  the  ;un-!)oats  of  the  Uni- 
ted States  upon  these  waters  tncourar^ed  the  ser- 
vants of  the  king,  so  ihcy  bcgai  to  land  ihtir  mighty 
army  upon  the  shores  of  Coiunibia  in  great  multi- 
tudes from  their  boats : 

15  And  they  pitched  their  tents,  and  cast  up  for- 
tifications, and  prepared  to  assaii  the  strong  hold  of 
Jackson*  the  chief  captain. 

16  And,  that  the  host  of  Diitain  might  be  discom- 
fited at  the  onset,  Jackson  went  out  with  his  army 
againsi  them  ;  but  the  men  of  war  jf  ihe  king  were 
twofold  greater  than  the  men  of  Co  nubia,  so  Jack- 
son was  unable  to  drive  them  away. 

17  However,  he  fought  bravely  ag.iinst  them,  and 
slew  numbers  of  them  ;  albeit,  the  sL  in  and  mainied 
of  Columbia  were  about  two  hundred  ;  so  Jackson 
drew  back  to  his  entrenchments}  anu  strengthened 
himself  there. 


*  Lakes  Borgne  and  Po?ichar train. 


212 


HISTORICAL 


18  Now  this  happened  on  the  twenty  and  third 
day  of  the  twelfth  month,  in  the  eighteen  hundred 
and  fourteenth  year, 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  twenty-seventh 
day  of  the  same  month,  that  a  fighting  vessel  of  the 
United  States,  called  the  Caroline,  commanded  by 
Daniel,  was  set  fire  to,  and  blown  up,  by  the  heated 
balls  of  the  king's  fiery  furnace. 

20  On  the  next  day,  the  whole  host  of  Britain 
gathered  themselves  together,  and  with  their  might 
went  against  the  strong  hold  of  Jackson. 

21  But  Jackson  let  the  destroying  engines  loose 
"Upon  the  servants  of  Britain;  and  compelled  them  to 
return  to  their  encampments  with  great  loss,  even  an 
hundred  and  two  score.  /■ 

22  Nevertheless,  on  the  first  day  of  the  first  month* 
©f  the  eighteen  hundred  and  fifteenth  year,  the  men 
of  war  of  Britain  came  again,  and  strove  to  dislodge 
the  army  of  Jackson  ;  but  again  they  were  deceiv- 
ed, and  lost  about  an  hundred  men. 

23  At  this  tinje  there  arrived  to  the  aid  of  Jack- 
son about  two  tl^ousand  five  hundred  valiant  men, 
from  the  back' woods  of  Keniucky. 

24  Disappointed  in  their  expectations,  and  falsing 
in  their  attempts  to  discomfit  the  army  of  Columbia, 
the  cf-ptains  and  the  host  of  Britain  arrayed  them- 
selves in  their  might,  to  go  against  the  hold  of  Jack- 
son with  th.  ir  whole  force. 

25  And  the  morning  of  the  eighth  day  of  the 
month  was  piiched  upon,  by  the  men  of  Britain,  for 
conquering  the  host  of  Columbia,  and  settling  them- 
selves in  the  land  of  liberty. 

26  So  they  prepared  themselves  with  their  fas- 


READER. 


215 


cines,  and  their  scaling  ladders,  and  their  bombs,  and 
their  rockets,  and'  all  the  weapons  of  destruction 
that  tlie  ingenuity  of  Britain  could  invent. 

27  After  which  Pakcnham,  the  chief  captain  of 
the  host  of  the  king,  spake  to  the  otlicers  and  th© 
men  of  war  that  were  under  him,  saying, 

28  Be  ye  prepared ;  for,  lo !  to-morrow,  at  the. 
dawrung  of  tlic  day,  our  mi.^hty  squadrons  shall 
rush  upon  these    Yankees,  and  destroy  them. 

29  Here  will  we  establish  ourselves  upon  the 
borders  of  Cohimbia;  and  ye  shall  be  officers,  tythc- 
men,  and  tax-gatherers,  under  the  king,  your  mas- 
ter : 

30  Mor-eover,  a  day  and  a  night  shall  ye  plunder 
and  riot  ;  and  your  watch-word  shall  be,  BEAUiy 
AND  J30UTY  ! 


2o  * 


214, 


HISTORICAL 


CHAP.  LIV. 


Grand  Battle  of  A'av-Orlean.^. 


Now  Pakenham,  the  chief  captain  of  the  host  of 
Britain,  made  an  end  of  addressing  the  officers  and 
the  soldiers  of  the  king  : 

2  And  it  canie  to  pass,  in  the  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  fifteenth  year  of  ihe  Christian  era,  in 
the  first  month  of  the  year,  and  on  the  eighth  day  of 
the  month, 

3  Being  on  the  Sabbath  day,  (which,  as  it  is  writ- 
ten in  the  scriptures,  Thou  shalt  hemembkr  and 

KEEP    HOLY,) 

4  That  the  mighty  army  of  the  king,  which  had 
moved  out  of  the  strong  ships  of  Britain,  came,  in 
their  strength,  to  make  conquest  of  the  territory  of 
Columbia,  which  lieih  to  the  south ; 

5  Aijd  to  place  therein  a  princely  ruler,  and  all 
manner  of  officers,  the  servants  of  the  king,  even 
unto  a  tax-gatherer. 

6  So,  early  in  the  morning,  they  appeared  before 
the  camp  of  the  men  of  Columbia,  even  the  strong 
hold  which  Jackson,  the  chief  captain,  had  fortified, 

y  Their  polished  steels,  of  fine  workmanship, 
glittered  in  the  sun,  and  the  movement  of  their 
squadrons  was  as  the  waving  of  a  wheat-fiield,  >vhen 
the  south  wind  passeth  gently  over  it. 


READER. 


215 


S  The  fierceness  of  their  coming  was  as  the  com- 
ing of  a  thousand  untamed  lions,  which  move  ma- 
jestically over  the  sandy  deserts  of  Arabia. 

9  And  the  army  rested  upon  the  plains  of  Mac 
Prardies,  nigh  unto  the  cypress  swump,  being  dis- 
tant from  the  ciiy  ahout  forty  and  ei^hl  furlongs. 

10  Ai  d  it  was  aboni  ilie  rising  of  the  sun,  when 
the  battenng-rams  of  the  king  began  to  utter  their 
noises ;  and  tlie  sound  thereof  was  terrible  as  the 
roarhig  of  lions,  or  the  voice  of  many  thunders. 

1 1  Moreover,  they  cast  forth  bombs,  ai.d  Con- 
greve  rockets,  weapons  of  destruction,  which  were 
not  known  m  the  days  of  Jehoshaphat. 

12  Nevertheless,  the  soul  of  Jackson  failed  him 
not,  neither  was  he  dismayed,  for  he  was  t  ntreiichcd 
round  about  ;  and  when  he  raised  his  hand,  be  held 
every  man*s  heart  therein. 

13  And  Jackson  spake,  and  sai5  unto  his  captains 
of  fifties,  and  his  captains  of  hundreds.  Fear  not ; 
■we  defend  our  lives  and  our  lioerty,  and  in  that  thing 
the  Lord  will  not  forsake  us : 

14  Therefore,  let  every  man  be  upon  his  watch  ; 
and  let  the  destroying  engines  now  utter  forth  their 
thunders  in  abundance  : 

15  And  ye  cunning  back-woodsmen,  who  have 
known  only  to  hunt  the  squirrel,  the  wolf,  and  the 
deer,  now  pour  forth  your  strength  upon  the  mighty 
lion,  that  we  may  not  be  overcome 

16  And  as  the  black  dust  cast  upon  a  burning  coal 
instantly  niounteth  into  a  fl  ime,  so  was  the  spirit  of 
the  husbandmen  of  the  liuck-woods  of  Columbia. 

17  Now  the  brave  men  from  Tennessee  anfl  Ken- 
lucky  set  their  shininjj;  rifles  to  work,  and  the  de^ 


f" 


216 


HISTORICAL 


stroying  engfinesbepjan  to  vomit  their  thunders  upon 
the  servants  of  the  kinj?. 

18  Twice  did  the  host  of  Pritain,in  solid  columns, 
come  against  the  entrenchments  of  Jackson,  and 
twice  he  drove  them  back. 

19  Moreover,  Daniel  the  brave,  who  had  raised 
up  defences  opOn  the  banks  of  the  river,  likewise  let 
his  engines  loose  upon  them,  and  shot  into  the  camp 
of  the  king. 

20  And  the  men  of  Britain  strove  to  scale  the 
ramparts,  and  get  into  the  strong  hold  of  Jackson  ; 
but  the  husbandmen  drove  them  back  with  great 
slaughter. 

2 1  The  fire  and  the  smoke,  and  the  deafning 
noise  that  sbuuded  along  the  battlements,  were  tre- 
naendous  for  more  than  the  space  of  two  hours, 
when  the  dreadful  roarings  ceased,  for  the  warriors 
of  the  king  fled  in  confusion. 

;  22  Hut  wJien  the  sdlpi.ureous  vapors  arose,  be- 
hold the  bttttle-ground  was  covered  wilh  ihe  slain 
and  wounded  oflicers  and  soldiers  of  the  king  of 
Great  liriiain  ! 

23  Humanity  shuddered  at  the  awful  scene,  whilst 
the  green  ficlils  blushed. 

24  Seven  hundred  of  the  servants  of  the  king 
were  sUin  ;  and  their  whole  loss  that  day  was  two 
thousand  six  hundred  valiant  men,  who  had  fought 
under  Wellington,  the  champion  of  England. 

25  And  Fakenham,  the  chief  captain  of  the  host 
of  liriiain.  the  brother-in-law  of  Wellington,  was 
amongst  the  slain  ;  and  they  served  his  ^ody  as  they 
hud  served  the  body  of  Koss,  their  chief  captain  at 


READER. 


2ir 


x 


s  upon 

ilumns, 
n,   and 

raised 
,vise  let 
e  camp 

:ale  the 
ickson  ; 
,h  great 

leafning 

ere  tve- 

hours, 

varriors 

ose,  be- 

le  sluiii 

king  of 


w 


hilst 


le  king 
was  two 
i  i'ougUt 
[I. 

the  host 

on,  was 

as  they 

ptain  at 


Ir.c  BiUiuiorc  deniohstraiion,  preserving  it,  in  like 
maimer    with  the  strong  Vaters  ol  Janiait,u. 

26  Moreover,  one  ot  their  chief  captains,  whose 
sifname  was  Gibbs,  \Tas  also  slain,  and  Keanc  was 
sorely  wounded  ;  so  tUat  the  charge  of  the  host  of 
Britain  that  remained  IVom  the  shm^hier,  t^Hl  to  a 
certain  man  whose  name   was  Lambert 

27  The  loss  of  the  army  of  Jaci.son  was  only  se- 
ven slain  and  seven  maimed,  a  circumstance  unpar- 
alleled in  the  annals  of  history:  hpwbcit,  thcrt  were 
about  two  score  stain  and  wounded  upon  the  other 
aide  of  the  river. 

28  Now  the  whole  loss  of  the  king's  army,  from 
the  time  they  came  against  the  country  of  Lou- 
isiana until  their  departure,  was  about  five  tnousund. 

29  After  this  they  were  cUscouruged,  for  there 
was  but  a  faint  hope  left  for  them  ;  so  they  departed, 
and  went  into  the  strong  ships  of  the  king,  with 
their  chief  captain  in  hi^li  sfiirits 

30  It  i«  written  in  ihe  book  of  Solomon,  that  a 
fool  laugheth  at  his  own  folly  :  now  the  men  of  Bri- 
tain were  not  inclined  to  laugh,  for  they  were  sorely 
grieved  ;  and,  but  for  the  fear  of  the  laughter  of 
others,  would  h  ve  wept  outright. 

3 1  And  Jjickson,  the  chief  captain  of  the  host  of 
Columbia,  guve  great  praise  to  the  gallant  Coffee 
and  Carrol,  and  Daniel,  whose  sirname  was  Patter- 
eon,  and  all  the  valiant  men  who  iought  on  that  glo- 
rious day. 

32  Moreover,  Jackson  was  honored  with  great 
honor  by  the  people  throughout  the  land  of  olum- 
biaj  even  the  great  Sanhedrim  were  pkased  with 
him,  and  exalted  his  name. 


'^  < 


218 


HISTORICAL 


38  And  the  inhabiu»nts  of  New-Orleans  were 
greatly  rejoiced,  and  carried  iiim  tliroiigh  the  streets 
of  the  city  above  the  rest ;  and  tlie  virgins  of  Co- 
lumbia strewed  his  path  with  roses  : 

34  For,  lo  !  he  had  defended  them  from  the  vio- 
lence of  savages,  who  came  in  search  of  beautij-and 
booty  / 

3j  And  when  the  wounded  of  the  host  of  Britain 
•were  brouc;ht  into  the  city,  ihe  fair  daughters  of  Co- 
lumbia took  their  fine  linen  and  bound  up  the  wounds 
of  the  poor  fainting  officers  and  soldiers  of  the  king, 
and  sat  bread  and  wine  before  them,  to  cheer  iheii' 
drooping  spirits.     / 

36  Now  again  were  the  servants  of  the  king  dis- 
appointed ;  for,  as  they  were  sent  upon  an  evil,  as 
well  as  a  foolish  errand,  they  expected  not  mercy  ; 

37  And  when  they  saw  the  goodness  that  was 
showered  upon  them,  they  said.  Surely  ye  are  an- 
gels sent  down  from  heaven  to  heal  the  wounds  in- 
jBicled  by  the  folly  of  nations  !  • 

38  And  should  we  again  be  led  on  to  battle  against 
your  country,  with  propositions  to  violate  your  hap- 
piness, our  swords,  as  by  magic,  shall  be  stayed,  and 
4rop  harmless  at  the  feet  of  virtue  and  BinAUTif  i 


READKR. 


were 

recta 

Co- 

i  vio' 

iriiaiii 
t  Co- 
punds 

thcii' 

ir;  clis- 
vil,  as 
nercy : 
\X.  Avaa 
are  an- 
ids  in- 

against 
ur  h ap- 
ed, and 


4 


/ 


>t-<^ 


CHAP.  LV. 


Peace, 


^  0\V  after  the  fleet  of  Britain  had  departed  from 
New-Orleans  in  dismay,  they  committed  many  other 
depredations  of  a  petty  nature.  ■     ^ 

2  In  the  mean  time,  Cockburn,  the  wicked,  was 
busily  employed  in  what  his  heart  delighted  ;  inas- 
much as  he  carried  the  men  of  IJritain  against  the 
borders  of  South  Carolina  and  Georgia,  and  contia- 
ued  his  system  of  robbery, 

3  And  here,  with  the  strong  ships  of  Britain,  he 
captured  a  town  called  St.  Marys,  in  the  state  of 
Georgia;  and,  among  other  evils,  he  stole  away  the 
sable  sons  of  Ethiopia, 

4  And  conveyed  them  to  the  island  of  Bermuda, 
of  which  the  king  had  made  him  chief  governor,  and 
sold  them,  after  promisip.g  them  liberty  and  free- 
dom. 

5  However,  it  came  to  pass  about  this  time,  that 
the  news  of  peace  being  made  between  the  nations 
aruived  in  the  land  of  Columbia : 

6  For  it  had  happened  that  the  grea  Sanhedrim, 
in  their  wisdom,  hud  sent  out  Henry,  su'uamed  Clay, 
end  Rubsell,  two  wise  men,  called,  in  the  vernacular 
tongue,  commissioners,  to    join  themselves     with 


'^ '/. 


/ 


C\ 


20 


iriSTORTCAL 


Ikynrd  and  ndlatin,  who  were  sent  before  them,  ti> 
try  and  make  p'-acc  : 

7  I'or  the  voice  of  the  people  of  Columbi:\  had 
^pokir.  peace  from  the  biMciiiuine!; ;  they  wished  war 
mit^ht  cea?<e,  and  thai  the  breach  between  the  nations 
n)i;-^ht  b*-  hciilcd, 

•  8  In  ihc  mean  lime  the  kinq^  sent  some  of  his 
\vise  men  to  meet  tlie  wise  men  of  Columbia,  at  a 
])1  icc  called  Ghent,  a  town  a  great  way  off,  in  the 
covmiry  of  Fhmders: 

1)  For  it  came  to  pass,  th:rt  the  generous  media- 
Uon  offered  by  ihe  emperor  of  Knssia  was  refused 
by  the  council  of  nritain,  who  had  not  yielded  to  tho 
voice  of  accommodation. 

U)  So,  when  the  uiinistcrs  of  the  two  nations  were 
inr't,  they  communed  a  long  tinie  with  one  another, 
touching  the  matter  ; 

■  1 1  But  the  ministers  of  Britain  raised  up  diHi- 
cultifs,  and  demanded  certain  foolish  terms,  which, 
in  tlie  Latin  tongue,  were  written  sbie  qua  non^  and 
vhich  being  tianslated  into  the  Yankee  tongue, 
niiglu  be  Scdd  to  mean  neck  or  tiohinf^. 

12  Nevertheless,  in  process  of  time,  the  wise  men 
of  Britain  waved  their  demands,  and  agreed  to  the 
dine  qua  non  given  to  them  by  the  commissioners  of 
Columbia. 

13  So  a  treaty  of  peace  was  made  and  signed  by 
the  commissioners  of  btJth  parties,  on  the  twenty  and 
fovnth  day  of  the  twelfth  month,  of  the  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  fourteenth  year  oi  the  Christian 
era. 

U  And  the  treaty  was  sent  to  England,  and  con- 
firnied  by  the  Prince  Regent,  on  tlie  twenty-eighth 


\    luvd 

(1  W£Vl' 

idUons 

of  his 
a,  at  a 
ill   the 

media- 
-e  fused 
I  to  iho 

lis  were 
another, 

up  cUffi- 
which, 

wow,  and 
tongue, 

vise  IT- en 
ed  to  the 
loners  of 

gned  by 

venty  and 

tliousaiid 

Christian 

,  and  con- 
ity-eij5^^^^ 


HEADER. 


221 


day  of  tjic  same  month;  for  he  was  tired  of  the  war, 
and  saw  no  hope  of  con([ucring  the  sons  of  liberty. 

15  After  which  it  was  sent  from  Britain,  across 
the  mighty  deep,  about  three  thousand  miles,  to  re- 
ceive the  sanction  of  the  free  people  of  Columbia. 

16  And  the  great  Sanhedrim  of  the  people  exa- 
mined the  treaty,  and  it  was  accepted  and  confirmed 
by  them  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  the  second  month, 
in  the  eighteen  htmdred  and  fifteenth  year. 

17  After  which  it  was  ratified  and  signed  with  the 
hand- writing  of  James,  the  chief  governor  of  the 
land  of   Columbia,  and  published  to  the  world. 

18  Tlius  was  a  stop  put  to  the  shedding  of  humatl 
blood  ;  and  the  noise  of  the  destroying  engines  sunk 
down  into  silence,  and  every  man  returned  to  his 
own  home  in  peace. 

19  Now  when  it  was  known  for  a  certainty  that 
peace  was  made  between  the  nations,  the  people 
throughout  the  land  were  rejoiced  beyond  measure. 

20  Ahd  when  the  news  thereof  was  spread  abroady 
the  temples  of  the  Lord  were  opened,  and  the  peo- 
ple of  Columbia  praised  God  for  his  goodness  yea» 
th^.y  thanked  him  that  he  had  strengthened  their 
arms,  un(i  delivered  them  from  tlie  paw  of  the  lioi). 

21  Ihus  did  the  chiUh'en  of  Columbia  praise  the 
Lord  in  the  strength  of  their  youth,  and  in  the  days 
of  their  prosperity  ;  not  waiting  till  the  cold  and  pal- 
sied hand  ot  age  had  made  them  iet:ble,  and  robbed 
their  prayers  of  half  their  virtue. 

22  Hciceforih  may  the  nations  of  the  earth  learn 
wis'.io.n  :  then  sha.l  peace  become  triumphant,  and 
the  people  of  Columbia  be  ai  rest ; 


21 


*«; 


s» 


■*  ; 


■•'y^': 
■'•■..#. 


,222 


HISTORICAL 


23  And,  as  it  is  written,  their  swords  may  be 
beaten  into  piougshareS)  and  their  speurs  turned  in- 
to ppuning-hooks. 

34  Hutt  nevertheless,  if  this  war,  like  all  other 
wars,  brought  evil  upon  the  sons  of  men,  it  demon- 
strated to  the  world,  that  the  people  of  Columbia 
ivere  able  to  defend  themselves,  single-handed, 
against  one  of  the  strongest  powers  of  Europe. 

25  And  the  mighty  kings  and  potentates  of  the 
earth  shall  learn,  from  this  example  of  Republican 
patriotism  that  the  people  are  the  only  '*  legitimate 
90verei^9**  of  the  land  of  Columbia. 

26  Now  the  gladness  of  the  hearts  of  the  people 
of  Columbi»  at  the  sound  of  peace,  was  exrava^ 
gant ;  ina^i  vach  as  it  cau^ied  them  to  let  loose  their 
destroying  engines,  that  were  now  become  harmless, 
and  set  in  motion  their  loud  pealing  belis.  that  sound* 
ed  along  the  splendid  arch  of  heaven. 

27  Moreover,  they  made  great  fires  and  illumina<* 
tions  in  the  night  time,  and  light  was  spread  over  the 
face  of  the  land  ; 

•     28   And  the  beauty  thereof  was  as  if,   from  the 

blue  and  spangled  vault  of  heaven,  it  had  showered 

diamonds: 

■    29  And  all  the  nations  of  the  earth  beheld  the 

glory  of  Columbia. 

/ 


XND  07   TBB   BISTORT   OF   VHIB  LATE   WAB> 


READER. 


ay  be 
eel  in- 


oihcr 
emon* 
umbia 
anded, 
)e. 

of  the 
Liblican 
itimate 


ALGERINE   WAR. 

American  .^(juadron  sails  from  A'ew-York— -arrives  ia 
the  Afrdiferranean,  and  ca/icures  the  jUiftrint 
vesnets — treaty  of  fieace  with  tlie  Dey — affairs  at 
Tunis  and  7'ri/ioli — Decatur's  return  to  jlmerica. 


people 
X  rava- 
se  their 
rmless, 
;  sound* 


lumina-t 
aver  the 

oiri  the 
lowered 

tield  the 
t 


^  OW  it  came  to  pass,  that  while  the  war  raged 
between  the  people  of  Columbia  and  the  kingdom  of 
Great  tirituin,  other  evils  rose  up  in  the  east. 

3  For  the  people  who  inhabited  the  coast  of  Bar^ 
bary,  even  the  Algerines,  committed  great  depre- 
dations upon  the  commerce  of  Columbia;  ,,' ,  i,r 

3  Inasmuch  as  they  captured  tlieir  merchant  ves« 
scls,  and  held  the  men  of  Columbia  who  wrought 
therein  in  cruel  bondage.  r^iv'  ^    •„     -  .-* 

4  Now  these  Algerines,  who  were  barbarians, 
dwelt  upon  the  borders  of  the  great  sea  called  the 
r^Icditerranean,  in  the"  way  journeying  towards  the 
Garxlefi  of  Edeuy  the  cradle  of  the  world ;  even  Par- 
adise, where  stood  the  tree  of  good  and  evil,  and 
where  the  great  river  Euphrates  emptieth  its  waters 
into  the  Gulph  of  Persia,  which  lieth  about  six  thou- 
sand six  hundred  and  sixty-six  miles  to  the  eust  of 
Washington,  the  chief  city  of  the  land  of  Columbia. 

o  Moreover,  the  waters  of  this  great  sea  washed 
the  shores  of  ancient  Palestine,  the  holy  land,  the 


■V..'  •..« 


■  ••^-, 


2U 


HISTORICAL 


place  of  our  forefathers,  and  the  country  of  Eirypt, 
•where  the  children  of  Uracl  were  held  in  buiid.igc 
forty  years.  .   ' 

6  Nevertheless,  the  manifold  evils  which  these 
barbarians  committed,  by  the  instigation  of  Satan 
"ivithin  them,  or  by  bcin^j  led  astray  by  the  enen/ns 
of  Columbiy,  raised  the  voice  of  the  great  Sanhe- 
drim against  them. 

7  For  they  had  violated  tlie  treaty  which  the  peo- 
ple of  Columbia  had  made  with  them  in  youd  fuiih, 
and  set  it  at  nought. 

8  Now  it  had  curiously  happened,  that  throvigh 
fear  or  folly  all  the  nations  of  the  earth  had  alwuys 
accustomed  themselves  to  pay  tribute  to  these  bar- 
barians ;  .     ■  .  •     .  . 

9  But  the  people  of  Columbia  were  the  fir^t  to 
break  the  charm,  with  their  brave  captains  and  their 
destroying  engines,  many  years  ago.* 

10  Ilowbeit,  they  were  now  again  compelled  to 
go  against  them,  and  strive  to  bring  them  to  a  sense 
of  justice,  if  not  by  pcrsuaiion,  by  communications 
from  the  mouths  of  their  destroying  engines. 

1 1  So  it  came  to  pass,  on  the  third  day  of  the  third 
month,  in  the  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fif- 
teenth veur  of  the  Christian  era, 

12  That  the  great  Siinhedrim  of  the  people  sent 
forth  a  decree,  making  war  upon  the  people  of  Al- 
giers, who  were  ruled  by  a  man  whom  they  called 
ihe  Dey,  .... 


•  AUudini*  to  the  ivcir  aijcJnst  the   Barbary  fionu' 
ers,  about  1804. 


READER. 


fifiS 


1  il'cse 

SiUan 

ntfw'i.  8 

Sanhc- 

ic  pco. 
(1  iuiih) 

hroMg'h 
always 

jse  bur- 
first  to 

ul  their 

elled  to 
a  sense 
ications 

lie  third 
aiul  tit- 

)le  sent 
;  of  Al- 
y  called 


13  After  which,  the  fleet  of  Columbia*  which  had 
been  increased  by  the  folly  of  Brituiii,  was  prepared 
to  go  atjainst  them ;  and  the  gallant  Decatur  was 
made  chief  captian  thereof. 

14  The  number  of  the  strong  vessels  was  about 
half  a  score,  and  the  names  of  the  mightiest  amongst 
them  were  called  the  Guerriere,  the  Macedoniani 
and  the  Constellation.         ^ 

15  Now  the  name  of  the  first  of  these  tall  ships 
was  after  a  strong  ship  of  the  king  of  Britaini  which 
was  taken  by  the  brave  Hull,  and  burnt  upon  the 
Waters  and  the  Macedonian  was  also  taken  from 
Britain  by  Stephen,  sirnamed  Decatur  : 

16  And  whtn  they  came  into  the  waters  of  Eu- 
rope, the  men  of  Britain*  gnashed  their  teeth  witli 
V'  xation,  neither  would  they  behold  them,  but  ihey 
turned  their  backs,  for  iheir  pride  was  wounded, 
whilst  the  surroundintj  nations  bciicid  the  fleet  with 
astonishment. 

17  ^^3vv  it  was  on  the  eighteenth  day  of  the  fifth 
month,  in  the  same  year,  iu  the  after  part  of  the  day, 
that  the  fli;ct  of  Coknnbia  spread  their  wings  to  the 
western  breeze,  and  sailed  from  the  haven  of  New- 
York  ; 

18  \nd,  with  Decatur,  the  chief  captairv,  in  th© 
Guerriere,  they  bade  farewell  to  the  land  of  Colum- 
bia  ;  and  the  shouts  of  the  people  made  the  welkia 
rinu;,  and  iheir  blessings  followed  after  them. 

19  And  it  came  to  Dass,  when  Dtcitur,  wi 


*'i 


e  to  pass,  when  Dec  itur,  with  the 
fleet  of  C(  lumbicu  arrived  in  the  waters  of  the  Me- 


"T/    fiOltf' 


*  .^t  Gibraltar,  iS'c, 

21  ^ 


226 


HISTORICAL 


diterranean  sea,  being  only  thirty  days  after  he  left 
the  land  of  Columbia, 

20  That  he  fell  in  with  one  of  the  strongest  fight- 
ing ships  of  these  barbarians,  called  the  Misodu,  and 
he  followed  after  ber,  and  in  less  than  the  space  of 
half  an  hour  after  letting  his  destroying  engines  loose 
upon  her,  he  took  her  captive,  with  five  hundred 
men  that  were  in  her, 

21  And  thirty  of  the  barbarians  were  slain,  among 
"whom  was  their  chief  captain,  whom  they  called  Rais 
Hammida ;  besides  many  were  wounded,  and  about 
four  hundred  prisoners  were  taken;  but  Decatur 
had  not  a  man  killed. 

22  Moreover,  on  the  second  day  afterwards,  the 
fleet  of  Columbia  captured  another  fighting  vessel 
of  the  Algerines  : 

23  And  the  slain  that  were  found  on  board  being 
numbered,  were  twenty  and  three,  and  the  prisoners 
were  four  score  :  howbiit,  there  were  none  of  ihe 
people  of  Columbia  even  maimed.  Thus  was  the 
navy  of  Columbia  triumphant  in  the  east,  as  it  had 
been  in  the  west. 

24  Now  these  things  happened  nigh  unto  a  place 
called  Carthagena,  on  the  borders  of  Spain  ;  and 
when  the  Spaniards  beheld  the  skill  and  prowess  of 
the  people  ol  Columbia,  they  were  amazed. 

25  Immediately  after  this,  Decatur  departed,  and 
went  with  his  fleet  to  the  port  of  Algiers,  the  chief 
city  of  the  barbarians,  lying  on  the  borders  of  Af- 
rica. 

26  But  when  their  rulfM'  beheld  the  star-spangled 
banners  of  Columbia,  he  trembled  at  the  aspcn-leiif ; 
for  he  had  heard  that  his  strong  vessels  were  taken 


th 
ai 


d^ 
a 


READER. 


Sir 


e   left 

fight- 
Li,  and 
ace  of 
s  loose 
inched 

among^ 
d  Rais 
\  about 
)ecatur 

ils,   the 
vessel 

d  being 
isontTs 
of  ihe 
ivas  the 
s  it  had 

a  place 
in  ;  and 
)\vess  of 

:ed,  and 
le  chief 
i  of  Af- 

pan^led 
cn-lci.f; 
e  taken 


by  the  ships  ol"  Columbia,  and  his  admiral  slain,  and 
he  was  ready  to  how  down. 

27  And  Decatur  demanded  the  men  of  Columbia, 
without  ransom,  who  were  held  in  bondage;  and 
ten  thousand  pieces  of  silver,  for  the  evils  they  had 
committed  against  the  people  of  Columbia  :  and  the 
Dey  had  three  hours  to  answer  him  yea,  or  nay. 

28  However,  he  quickly  agreed  to  the  propositions 
of  Decatur  ;  and  he  paid  the  money,  and  sign'^d  the 
treaty  which  Decatur  had  prepared  for  him,  and  de- 
livered up  all  the  men  of  Columbia  whom  he  held  as 
slavvs. 

29  And  the  treaty  was  confirmed  at  Washington, 
the  chief  city,  and  signed  by  James,  the  chief  go- 
vernor, on  the  twtnty  and  sixlli  day  of  the  twelfth 
month,  in  the  same  year  :  and  Decatur  generously 
made  a  pre  sent  of  the  ship  Misoda  to  the  Dty. 

30  Now  it  catne  to  pass,  after  Decatur  had  set- 
tled the  peace  with  the  Dey  of  /Mj^ierA.  according 
to  his  wishes,  that  he  sailed  against  another  town  of 
the  barbarians,  called   Tunis. 

31  For  the  governor  of  this  place,  who  is  called 
the  Bey,  had  permitted  great  evils  to  b<(:,comm.ittcd 
against  the  people  of  Columbia,  by  the  ships  of  Bri- 
tain, during  the  late  war  ;  inasmuch  as  they  let  them 
come  into  their  waters,  and  take  away  the  vessels  of 
Columbia  that  were  prizes. 

52  So.  for  these  depredations,  the  gallant  Decatur 
demamled  forty  thtmsand  pieces  of  silver,  which, 
after  a  short  deliberation,  the  Bey  was  fain  to  grant, 
lest,  peradventure,  his  city  might,  from  the  force  of 
the   destroying  engines,   begin  to  tumble  about  his 

r 

ears.  -ji  ' 


'.i'.- 


"^i-.:i! 


2UB 


HISTORICAL 


m  From  the  port  of  Tunis,  Decatur  departed 
and  went  to  a  place  called  Tripoli,  which  liclh  lo 
the  south  thereof,  where  the  bnive  Eaton*  fought^ 
and  erected  the  banners  of  Columbia  upon  the  walls 
of  Derne. 

34  Now  the  chief  governor  of  the  Tripolitans, 
whom  they  called  the  BaHhuw,  had  sufl'end  like 
evils  to  be  done  by  the  British  in  his  dominions 
which  had  been  permitted  by  the  Bey  of  Tunis. 

33  So  likewise,  for  these  evils  Decatur  dcmatulcd 
thirty  thousand  pieces  of  silver,  but  at  first  the  Ba- 
shaw refused  to  p;vy  it. 

36  However,  when  he  saw  the  strong  ships  of  Co- 
lumbia were  about  to  destroy  the  town,  lie  paid  the 
money,  save  a  little,  which  he  was  unable  to  get,  and 
for  wliich  Decatur  compelled  him  to  release  ten  cap- 
tives of  other  nations,  whom  he  held  in  bondajjc. 

37  Thus  did  Decatur,  and  his  brave  men  in  the 
same  year,  compel  tht-  powers  of  Barbury  to  respect 
the  banners  of  Columbia. 

38  Now,  having  accomplished  the  object  of  his 
expedition,  he  returned,  encircled  with  glory,  to  the 
land  of  Columbia  : 

39  And  all  the  people  were  rejoiced  with  great 
joy,  and  they  made  feasts  for  him,  and  extolled  his 
name.' 

40  Moreover,  ilie  great  Sanhedrim  of  tbe  people 
honoret.  him  for  his  gallant  exphnts,  and  gave  unto 
him  and  his  br-'vc  r  fiiccrs  and  mariners,  an  hundred 
thousand  pieces  of  silver. 


*  Gt  n.  Faton^  a  hero  of  the  *4merica7i   %var  wilT*- 
Tri/iolij  some  years  ago. 


parted 
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CONCLUSION. 


Commodore  Jiaifh'tridgc^—Lord  Eamowh^t    lU/wtU' 
lion  ai^uiiiHt  yl!if\crs. 


IN"  the  mean  lime,  It  hud  come  to  ])ass,  tliat  j'jst  Ui« 
fleet"  of  Oecalur  lihould  not  be  sulKciun,  the  }!jfcMt 
Sanhedrim  seiit  out  after  hiin  auoiher  strong  fleet, 
cojnmanded  by  the  valiant  Hiiubridi^c. 

2  But,  lo  !  when  his  fleet  arrived  tiiere,  tiu'  peace 
had  been  made,  and  an  end  put  to  the  war  by  the 
fleet  of  Decatur  :  so,  alter  sailinij  loimd  about  the 
coast,  B airbridge  reluiMied  l;omc  ui^ain  with  the  fleet 
of  Colwmbia. 

3  Now  it  came  to  pnsa,  after  Decatur  had  return* 
cd  in  iriuinp!^  to  the  land  of  Colund)i;i^  that  the 
lords  and  the  counsellors  of  Britain  became  jialou» 
of  the  fame  ol  Columbia,  which  she  had  [Gained  in  the 
east,  in  releasing-  her  people  from  slavery,  as  well 
as  those  of  other  tiations. 

4  Moreover,   the  !>:ubarians   committed  dcprcda- 

ti(jns  against  the  people  of  Britain,    neither  did  ihcy 

regard  their  royal  cross,  as  ihcy  did  t!ic  stars  ot    Co. 

lumbia 

5*  So  the  king  fitted  out  a  mi!j;!uy  fleet  lo  go  against 

ihem  ;    and   the   name  of  the  chi^f  captain    ihuruof 


■«'.; 


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230 


HISTORICAL 


was  Pellew,  to  w!iom  ilie  kin|]f  of  Biitaiii  had  given 

a  new  namc'dnd  culkd  him  lord  Exmouth. 

6  Accordin}.5!y.  us  their  moveniunts  were  j-low,  in 

the  fourth  monih  of  the  one  thousand  ciijhi  hundred 
aiicj  sixteenth  year  of  the  Christian  era,  the  mighty 
fliict  of  Britain  weigihcd  anchor,  and  shortly  arrived 
before  the  city  of  Algiers,  as  the  flvjtt  of  Columbia 
had  done  many  monilis  before  them. 

7  And  it  was  so,  that  the  chit  f  c.iptain  of  Britain, 
in  the  name  of  the  ki«g  his  master,  demanded  of  the 
Dey,  the  men  of  Britain,  whom  he  htlU  us  slaves, 
and  also  those  of  other  nations-  - 

8  Hut  the  Dey  refused,  saying,  Yc  shall  pay  unto 
me  five  hundred  pieces  of  silser  fur  every  slavey 
then  will  I  release  them,  ana  they  siiall  be  free. 

9  And  Exmouth,  the  lord  of  Britain,  yielded  (o 
the  propositions  of  the  barbarians,  and  accordingly 
gave  unto  them  the  money,  even  more  than  twenty 
horses  could  draw  ; 

10  For  the  number  of  Christain  slaves  which  Ex- 
mouth bought  of  the  barbarians,  was  about  five  hun- 
dred.       .  .  ' 

1 1  Therefore,  the  fleet  of  Britain  succeeded  not? 
as  did  the  fleet  of  Decatur.* 


Sif^-- 


•  Lord  Exmoui/i  has  since,  in  a  second  exfieditiou^ 
succeeded  in  rclcusing  all  <  hristian  cafitivcs  conjined 
in  ^ilg-icrs,  avd  in  obtaining'  the  ransom  money  (to  a 
very  considerable  a?nouniJ  ivhich  ihc  Dey  had  fire- 
vioushj  received  from  England  and  Aa/ilcs* 


f-*- 


P"^ 


^sk-i!c'X: 


READER. 


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given 


12  Thus,  in  this  thing,  did  the  lords  oF  Brituin 
strive  to  snatch  the  laurel  from  the  brow  of  Column 
biu ; 

13  But  her  valiant  sons  had  entwined  the  wreath 
,of  glory  ;  and  the  scribes  of  this  day  shall  record  itj 
In  ever-living  characters,  on  the  pyramid  of  fame. 


FINIS. 


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